Blue and black striped bowtie worn by conspirator George Atzerodt. John Wilkes Booth had assigned Atzerodt to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson, but Atzerodt got nervous and instead drank and wandered the streets.
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Title: George Atzerodt's Necktie/Bowtie
Location: Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Subject Keywords: Bowtie, Conspirator, George Atzerodt, Lincoln Assasination, President Lincoln, US President, Assassination, Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, John Wilkes Booth, 1865