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Lincoln Assassination

John Wilkes Booth

An actor and strong Confederate supporter

Grew tired of acting and worked for an underground Confederate network

Hated Lincoln because he believed he was a tyrant and planned on punishing the South after the Civil War

The Plot

Booth 1st planned to kidnap Lincoln and bring him to Richmond

Just happened to pick up his paycheck at Ford’s theatre and heard that Lincoln was attending a play there that night

Him and 2 other accomplices planned to kill Lincoln, Secretary of State William Seward, and Vice President Andrew Johnson

April 14, 1865

President Lincoln and his wife Mary went to Ford’s Theatre in D.C. to see the play “My American Cousin”

Booth came up to Lincoln’s balcony and shot him behind the left ear

Booth jumped from the balcony onto the stage, broke his ankle and shouted “Sic semper tyrannis”=“Thus always to tyrants”

Aftermath

William Seward was injured, but not killed

The man in charge of killing Johnson chickened out

Booth escaped but was found 12 days later and accidentally shot and killed by a Union soldier

Lincoln’s Death

After being shot, Lincoln was taken across the street

Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, ordered the manhunt of Booth

Lincoln died the morning after he was shot