Who is the American physician buried in Bryantown, Maryland who was imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth?
St. Mary's Catholic Church (Bryantown, Maryland) St. Mary's Catholic Church is a Catholic Church located near Bryantown, Maryland. Formed in 1793, it is surrounded by a cemetery which is most notably the final resting spot of Dr. Samuel Mudd, a physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth the day after U.S. President Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865. As such, it is a stop on the Booth's Escape Scenic Byway.
Samuel Beckwith Captain Samuel H. Beckwith (December 18, 1837 – December 6, 1916) was a telegraph and cipher officer to Ulysses S. Grant. He was nicknamed "Grant's Shadow" by other staff officers. Beckwith was the first to transmit news of John Wilkes Booth's whereabouts after Lincoln's assassination, leading to his capture. Beckwith was also present as Grant's telegraph officer on Abraham Lincoln's visits.