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Friday, January 26, 2018

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General John A. Dix, April 27, 1865 – 9:35 a.m.

WAR DEPARTMENT,         
Washington, April 27, 1865 9.35 a.m.
Major-General DIX,
New York:

J. Wilkes Booth and Herold were chased from the swamp in Saint Mary's County, Md.; pursued yesterday morning to Garrett's farm, near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock, by Colonel Baker's force. The barn in which they took refuge was fired. Booth, in making his escape, was shot through the head and killed, lingering about three hours, and Herold captured. Booth's body and Herold are now here.

EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I Volume 46, Part 3 (Serial No. 97), p. 989