how was John Wilkes Booth punished for the assassination of abraham lincoln?

Answer 1

What the others said about JWB being tracked down and killed is generally accepted to be true, BUT, as with anything else, there are alternative theories...because the remains of the body in the barn were so charred and unrecognizable that nobody could actually confirm that the guy they killed was JWB, there are theories that it wasn't actually him and that JWB got away. There's a story of a guy many years later who was on his deathbead (in the Midwest somewhere - can't remember if it was Nebraska or Iowa or Kansas...somehwere out there) that claimed to be JWB.

One other interesting thing...you can actually visit the place where Samuel Mudd was confined in prison. It's in Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas National Park, which is west of Key West. Awesome place! (My wife and I visited in 2006.) - -Mudd was eventually freed after helping treat people at the fort during a malaria(?) outbreak.

Answer 2

John Wilkes booth was cornered ina barn and was shot by an american soldier despite orders to captue him alive. His coconspirators were then hanged for their involvement. INcluding the Infamous Doctor Mudd, who's only guilt was knowledge of the crime and providing medical treatment to Booth. Thus the phrase my name is Mudd. There is myth that the whole assassination was actually a conspiracy and it never really happened, rather that Lincoln was captured by the South and the North had a double that they had shot in the theatre and that Booth was actually a government hired actor to portray the killing of Lincoln. He may or may not have been actually shot in the barn aforementioned. This is all a conspiracy myth, but does make quite a good tale.

Answer 3

After Booth had shot Lincoln and broke his leg, he escaped out of Washington and was treated for his leg by Dr. samuel Mudd who would be arrested and sent to prison for s\aiding Booth and conspiracy but would be later pardoned in the future. Booth would eventually be trapped in a farmhouse bty a Union soldier and the barn was set ablaze and despite being ordered not to kill Booth he was found shot in the neck.There are conspiracy theories that the body of Booth was burned beyond recognition and it could not be positively identified as Booth but another man resembling Booth. Booth had escaped and he went as far as India before returning to the states.(seen on the movie 'The Lincoln Conspiracy, 1977 but it can be taken as speculation only).Later in July 1865 ,4 of his conspiratory friends were hanged .

Answer 4

John Wilkes Booth didn't make it to trial he was shot soon after he assassinated Abe Lincoln.

Answer 5

John Wilkes Booth died from his injuries (shot in the neck). He was never punished -- I guess death was good enough.

Answer 6

Booth was in a barn in Virginia and was surrounded by army troops. He was killed before he could surrender. He did not die from his injuries (a broken ankle) nor was he hanged.

Answer 7

They killed him before he could be tried for the murder of Lincoln.