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 in a bizarre but filthy uniform and shackles. His name was John Harrison Surratt, and […]