Washington Post History: ‘Assassins!’: A Confederate spy vanished after being accused of helping kill Abraham Lincoln

john-surratt-library-of-congress--234x300 Washington Post History:  ‘Assassins!’: A Confederate spy vanished after being accused of helping kill Abraham Lincoln

John Surratt, Lincoln assassination conspirator, in his Papal Zouave uniform. (Library of Congress)

On Feb. 19, 1867, the American gunboat Swatara returned to the Washington Navy Yard after a months-long trip to the Middle East. Out stepped a young man …

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