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Edward P. Doherty (1838-1897) Edward Paul Doherty (September 26, 1838 – April 3, 1897) was a Canadian-American American Civil War officer who formed and led the detachment of soldiers that captured and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of US President Abraham Lincoln, in a Virginia barn on April 26, 1865, twelve days after Booth had fatally shot Lincoln.
Before dawn on April 26, 1865, a detachment of the 16th New York Cavalry under the command of Lt. Edward P. Doherty cornered Lincoln assassins Booth and Herold in a tobacco barn near Port Royal, Virginia. [2] Herold surrendered but Booth refused and was shot by Sgt. Boston Corbett. Each of the 26 enlisted men of the 16th Cavalry that ...
Corbett and the rest of the Cavalry formed part of the parade, joining other regiments leading the hearse. Corbett's regiment had barely left the Capitol after the funeral parade when orders caught up with Canadian-born Lt. Edward P. Doherty to pursue a lead about Booth. Corbett took time to request permission to attend night meetings at ...
In 1857, he moved to the United States and lived in Rhode Island where he enlisted in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers of the Union army during the American Civil War, attaining the rank of lieutenant. Canadian-born Edward P. Doherty was a Union Army officer who formed and led the detachment of Union soldiers that captured and killed John Wilkes ...
Edward Doherty may refer to: Eddie Doherty (1890–1975), reporter, author, screenwriter and priest Edward P. Doherty (1838–1897), Irish-Canadian officer, led the soldiers who captured and killed Lincoln's assassin
Throughout that fateful night, and in the following days, Augur was instrumental in mobilizing troops in his command to pursue and eventually capture Booth and his co-conspirators, [17] including detailing the detachment of the 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry under the command of Lt. Edward P. Doherty [18] to follow a lead given to ...
While Lincoln's funeral train was in New York City on April 24, Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty was dispatched from Washington at 2 p.m. with a detachment of 26 Union soldiers from the 16th New York Cavalry Regiment to capture Booth in Virginia, [142] accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Everton Conger, an intelligence officer assigned by Lafayette ...
New York Light, 25th Battery: Lt Irving D. Southworth; 1st United States, Battery L: Lt Franck E. Taylor; Vermont Light, 1st Battery: Cpt George T. Hebard; 2nd Division BG Cuvier Grover (4,477 men) 1st Brigade Detached at Carrollton; 2nd Brigade BG Henry Warner Birge [3] [10] Col Edward L. Molineux