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==Early life== Atzerodt was born in {{ill|Dörna|de}} (now part of [[Unstruttal]]), in the [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] [[Province of Saxony]]. He immigrated to the United States in 1843 at the age of eight. As an adult, he opened his own carriage repair business in [[Port Tobacco, Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://porttobacco.blogspot.com/2010/09/yep-got-it.html|title=Port Tobacco Archaeological Project|author=Jim|date=8 September 2010 }}</ref> Despite having lived in the United States for most of his life, Atzerodt could not speak English fluently.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Griffin|first1=John Chandler|title=Abraham Lincoln's Execution|date=2006|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=9781455600106|page=186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFI9CkR8LzgC&q=george+atzerodt+speak+english&pg=PA186|access-date=29 May 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ayres|first1=Thomas|title=That's Not in My American History Book: A Compilation of Little-Known Events and Forgotten Heroes|date=2000|publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing|isbn=9781589795129|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780965191180/page/138 138]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780965191180|url-access=registration|quote=george atzerodt speak english.|access-date=29 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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