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Born in Charles County, Maryland into a Roman Catholic family, Samuel Mudd was the fourth of 10 children of Henry Lowe and Sarah Ann (Reeves) Mudd. He grew up on Oak Hill, his father's tobacco plantation of several hundred acres, which was worked by 89 slaves and was located about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Washington, D.C. [1] [2]: 161
The film portrays Dr. Mudd as an innocent man, while the historical record shows Mudd sheltered Booth and another conspirator in the Lincoln Assassination, David Herold, and assisted them in their flight from Washington after learning Booth had assassinated President Lincoln, making Mudd an accomplice after the fact.
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd is a 1980 historical drama film directed by Paul Wendkos. Based on a true story, it revolves around the 1865 assassination of Abraham Lincoln . Dennis Weaver plays the lead role of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd , who was imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the killing.
The only hard record that exists for the number of slaves held by Dr. Mudd is the U.S. 1860 Slave Census, which lists 5 slaves for Dr. Mudd. Also deleted the reference to Dr. Mudd during the trial repeatedly denying recognizing Booth. Dr. Mudd did not testify at the trial, nor did any of the other defendants.
When the Holliday Street Theatre burned down in 1873, Spangler accepted an offer to live at Dr. Mudd's farm in Bryantown, Maryland (The two men had become friends in prison). Dr. and Mrs. Mudd gave him 5 acres (20,000 m 2) of land to farm. Spangler also performed carpentry chores in the neighborhood.
Dr. James Bender, a former Army psychologist who spent a year in combat in Iraq with a cavalry brigade, saw many cases of moral injury among soldiers. Some, he said, “felt they didn’t perform the way they should. Bullets start flying and they duck and hide rather than returning fire – that happens a lot more than anyone cares to admit.”
If he helped or not was unclear in studies a long time ago. "my name is mudd" is refering that whether he commited this act of helping booth was UNCLEAR, as in mudd. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.209.224.110 19:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC) No, the saying is "My name is mud", with one D. The Samuel Mudd one is a mistake.
David E. Herold was born in Maryland, the sixth of eleven children of Adam George Herold (1803–1864) [1] [2] and Mary Ann Porter (1810–1883). [3] [4] Adam and Mary were married on November 9, 1828, in Washington, D.C. David was their only son to survive to adulthood.