Unjust Farewell July 7, 1865, Mary E. Surratt ascended the stairs to the gallows, only months before had she been implicated in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. But now, she was going to bid farewell to the cruel world, and greet her fate. She may have only known about the kidnapping plot, but hanging her was unjust. Mary Surratt had troubles that originated before the assassination. In 1862, her husband, John Surratt passed. Later she found that her son John Surratt Jr. was a confederate spy. This would be a burden to her after the assassination. Mary Surratt’s name was not listed in the Booth Diary as one of the conspirators. On the day Booth assassinated
