

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Shipwreck on the Potomac: Disaster in Pursuit of Lincoln’s Killer
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for our Saturday Speaker Series with author Karen Stone. While helping catch President Abraham Lincoln’s killers, the barge “Black Diamond” was rammed and sank in the Potomac River, killing 87 men. In this talk, Stone will unfold the story of this heroic pursuit that turned tragic.

Karen Stone has been the Museum Division Manager for St. Mary’s County, Md., where this event took place, since 2017. A Lincoln fan and student of his assassination since childhood, she was fascinated when she first heard about this story and its connection to Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth. She is the author of Shipwreck on the Potomac: Disaster in Pursuit of Lincoln’s Killer.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/frederick/shipwreck-on-the-potomac-disaster-in-pursuit-of-lincoln’s-killer/200029505029418
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 26

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029505029418?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=frederick-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Frederick
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701
- **lat**: 39.41389
- **long**: -77.40943
- **full address**: 48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: National Museum of Civil War Medicine (https://allevents.in/org/national-museum-of-civil-war-medicine/8654506)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Shipwreck on the Potomac: Disaster in Pursuit of Lincoln’s Killer ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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