VA-N16 Where Booth Died

Marker text: WHERE BOOTH DIED

On this road two miles south is the Garrett Place. There John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, was found by Union cavalry and killed while resisting arrest, April 26, 1865.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1928.

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Location: US 501 (southbound) at the junction with US 17, Port Republic Crossroads., Caroline County, Virginia

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