On this day in 1865, Mary Surratt was executed for her role in President Lincoln’s assassination.
Over time, many questioned Mary Surratt’s execution. Some suspected that she was executed in the panic following President Lincoln’s death. At the same time, she was "associated" with John Wilkes Boothe and his group.
Maybe President Johnson should have stopped her execution. However, his order never came and Mary Surratt became the first woman executed in the US.
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