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Peter Taltavull (1825 – April 8, 1881) played a minor role in the events surrounding the
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Peter Taltavull (1825 – April 8, 1881) played a minor role in the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play '' Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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. John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth the ...
stopped at Taltavull's Star Saloon just before going to Ford's Theatre
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next door and assassinating President
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Abraham Lincoln
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Biography
Taltavull owned the Star Saloon located inWashington, D.C.
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, next door to Ford's Theatre
Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in August 1863. The theater is infamous for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater bo ...
. Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth the ...
, stopped at Taltavull's saloon just before entering the theater and shooting the President
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. The Star Saloon was briefly considered as a place to bring the wounded Lincoln before the decision was made to take him to William Petersen's boarding house.
On May 15, 1865, Taltavull testified for the prosecution during the conspiracy trial, and stated that he had been acquainted with the defendant, David Herold
David Edgar Herold (June 16, 1842 – July 7, 1865) was an American pharmacist's assistant and accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. After the shooting, Herold accompanied Booth to the home of ...
, as far back as Herold's boyhood. Taltavull also testified that he had served Booth a drink of whiskey and water shortly before the assassination.
For over twenty-five years Taltavull had been a French horn
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player with the Marine Band
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Taltavull died on April 8, 1881, and is buried at Congressional Cemetery
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See also
*Abraham Lincoln assassination
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play '' Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Shot in the h ...
References
*Kauffman, Michael W. ''American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies''. Random House, 2004. * Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Kunhardt Jr., Phillip B. ''Twenty Days''. Castle Books, 1965.External links
Congressional Cemetery
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