dr. mudd said it was not from his grandfather, but from the "mudd papers." dr. er: the call missed mudd was also -- the columnist mudd was also enough family. >> i met dr. mudd's great granddaughter. she said he was one of the california mudd's. he is like a fifth cousin, and he is in the family. the mudd family is having a reunion at fort jefferson to commemorate the anniversary of dr. mudd's imprisonment. dr. nurnberger: thank you. i hope you come next week because we will spend a lot of time talking medical stuff. no one will top this, but any other questions? yes, sir. >> [inaudible] how the country reacted to the assassination? dr. nurnberger: what a great question. there is a great new book. the professor has been on npr. she was on the news program. i cannot give you a short answer. the question is, how did the country react? the answer is differently. african-americans thought this was the end of the world for them. father abraham would set them free. they realized very quickly afterwards that there life would not be as good as it would had he survived. i

dr. mudd he had met earlier in the conspiracy to kidnap lincoln. he will fix his leg. dr. mudd learns in town of what has happened. he has no idea when john wilkes booth arrives president lincoln has been shot by him. when he learns news of this, that there is a major manhunt for john wilkes booth he tells him he cannot stay in has to move on. booth continues on through the thickets. he will be for several days in the swamps with david harold hiding. they get to where they do have a confederate contact that they do run into to assist them in providing them hiding places. this would have been the route booth would have used in trying to kidnap lincoln and take himself to richmond, virginia. they are provided with a boat where they cross over here. they lose their way trying to get into virginia. vital time is lost going out of their way and then into virginia, crossing into caroline county with the tide of the potomac, and making their way to the lucas farm. april 23, they continue on the rappa