VA-EP20 John Wilkes Booth

Marker text: JOHN WILKES BOOTH

This is the Garrett Place where John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln, was quoted by Union soldiers and killed, April 26, 1865. The house stood a short distance from this spot.

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Location: US Route 301 (northbound), north of Bowling Green, south of Port Royal., Caroline County, Virginia

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