Samuel Bland Arnold - Baltimore, Md. - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Samuel Arnold was one of the original conspirators who plotted to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln. The other conspirators were John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, Lewis Powell, Michael O’Laughlen and John Surratt. The plot to kidnap President Lincoln failed on two occasions because the President never arrived at the location where the conspirators thought he was to be. Later when a prisoner exchange program started, Arnold and O’Laughlen withdrew from any further plans to kidnap the Lincoln. Booth and the others went on and developed a plan to kill President Lincoln and other member of his cabinet. After Booth shot the President on April 14, 1865, Arnold and O’Laughlen were arrested. During the trial, he and O’Laughlen was found guilty of conspiracy, but not of actually taking part in the assassination. Arnold, O’Laughlen and Dr. Samuel Mudd were all sentenced to life in prison and sent to Fort Jefferson off the coast of Florida. Michael O’Laughlen died in prison several months later. In 1869, President Andrew Johnson pardoned Dr. Mudd and Arnold. Dr. Mudd returned to Maryland where he resumed his medical practice and lived quietly for the rest of his life. Arnold also returned home to Maryland where he lived quietly for more than 30-years. In 1898, Arnold returned to Fort Jefferson to take photographs of the old prison and wrote a series of newspaper articles describing his time at Fort Jefferson. Samuel Arnold died quietly on September 21, 1906 and is resting in Baltimore’s Green Mount Cemetery; the same cemetery where John Wilkes Booth (visit link) is resting in an unmarked grave in the Booth Family Plot.
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Samuel Arnold's grave is located adjacent to the public mausoleum and is marked by a simple white marble stone inscribed with the name "Arnold."

Visitor's to Green Mount Cemetery are required to check in at the office. They will provide visitors with a map showing the location of the more than 70 famous people who are resting here. The cemetery is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m Monday - Saturday. Visitors are ask to exit the property by 3:30 p.m. Green Mount Cemetery is closed on Sunday.

Description: Samuel Bland Arnold was born on September 6, 1834 in Washington, D. C. His family moved to Baltimore where he attended St. Timothy’s Military Academy where he first me his classmate John Wilkes Booth. When the Civil War broke out, Arnold joined the Confederate Army but was soon discharged due to health reasons. In the summer of 1864 he was contacted by his old classmate, John Wilkes Booth, who outlined a plan to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln. On March 15, 1865, Arnold met with Booth and the other conspirators at Gautier’s Restaurant in Washington and finalized their plan to kidnap the President. Their plan fell apart when Lincoln failed at a predetermined location. A couple of weeks later, Arnold took a job as a clerk in Virginia and wrote Booth a letter stating that he wanted no further involvement in the plan to kidnap President Lincoln. On April 17, 1865, just 3-days after Booth has shot President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater, Samuel Arnold was arrested and charged with conspiracy. During his trial, Arnold admitted to his involvement in the plot to kidnap President Lincoln, he staunchly denied any involvement or participation in the assassination of President Lincoln. Samuel Arnold, along with Michael O’Laughlen and Dr. Samuel Mudd were all found guilty of conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison at Fort Jefferson off the coast of Florida. O’Laughlen would die in prison, while Mudd and Arnold were pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1869. Both men returned to Maryland, where Mudd resumed his medical practice and Arnold lived quietly for more than 30-year. Samuel Arnold died on September 21, 1906 and is buried in the Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. His grave is just a few hundred yard from where John Wilkes Booth is buried in an unmarked grave in the Booth Family plot. Date of birth: 09/06/1834 Date of death: 09/21/1906 Area of notoriety: Crime Marker Type: Other Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Closed Sunday) Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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