The Dr. Samuel Mudd House and Museum preserves the historic St. Catharine home, located near the city of Waldorf. The two-part frame farmhouse is best known as the site where Dr. Samuel A. Mudd treated the injured John Wilkes Booth after his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The home had been in the Mudd family since the 1690s, showcasing a two-story main section and a smaller two-bay wing.

After Booth shot Lincoln and jumped off the balcony at Ford's Theater, Mudd, a Southern sympathizer during the Civil War, set Booth's broken leg. He was charged as a co-conspirator in Lincoln's assassination and sentenced to life in prison at Florida's Fort Jefferson. Today, the home is privately owned and operated as a living history museum, showcasing information on Mudd's life and position during the Civil War.

The Dr. Samuel Mudd House & Museum, Phone: 301-645-6870

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