April 27, 1865-- Part 2: Booth Buried, Conspirators Held

While the body was on board the monitor, an autopsy was performed and an inquiry conducted to establish identity.  Booth's corpse was taken by boat to the Washington Arsenal (now Fort McNair) where it was buried in a gun box the following day.

Herold was incarcerated in the hold of the Montauk which, along with the USS Saugus, was being utilized as a maximum security prison of eight of the suspected conspirators.

--Old B-R'er