WASHINGTON — Dr. Samuel Mudd, the Charles County doctor convicted in 1865 of conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, was convicted unconstitutionally by a military tribunal even ...

"Dr. Samuel Mudd was pardoned by Andrew Johnson in 1869, but my father always believed according to the law, his conviction still stands," said Tom Mudd, a Saginaw historian and great-grandson of ...

In my last post I shared my recent visit to the Surratt House Museum. in Clinton, Maryland. Less than half an hour away is the Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum. After picking up arms and ammunition at ...

RICHMOND, Va. — It is Feb. 12, 1867. President Abraham Lincoln, who would have celebrated his 58th birthday today, was assassinated nearly two years ago. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, a country doctor … ...

Mary Mudd McHale said Saturday her family would explore other options after a federal appeals court dismissed their case, which sought to clear the name of her great-grandfather, Dr. Samuel Mudd.

Just hours after John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln, the actor showed up at the doorstep of Dr. Samuel Mudd, seeking help for his broken leg. Soon after, Dr. Mudd was sentenced to life in jail.

When Dr. Samuel Mudd set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth on April 15, 1865, was he in on the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, or just a country doc treating a mysterious ...

At the Dr. Mudd House Museum, guided tours are available of the house and the surrounding property. 3725 Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Rd., Waldorf, Md. 301-274-9358. $7, $2 ages 6-16.

Star Nicolas Cage explains how he must clear his ancestor's name so that it doesn't go down in infamy like Dr. Samuel Mudd. After Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, the assassin sought ...

Wearing colorful Key-lime-green "Free Dr. Mudd" T-shirts, they toured Fort Jefferson, a former Union military prison in remote Dry Tortugas National Park, and even viewed a cell where Samuel Mudd ...

A small fire was set at the entrance to the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum in Waldorf on Feb. 17, causing slight soot damage to the doorway and concerning a caretaker of the historic site.