Abe Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln's assassination was a malevolent ending to an already bitter and spiteful event in American history, the Civil War. John Wilkes Booth and his group of co-conspirators developed plans in the late summer of 1864 to only kidnap the President and take him the Confederate capital of Richmond and hold him in return for Confederate prisoners of war. Booth's group of conspirators: Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, John Surratt, Lewis Paine, George Atzerodt, David Herold, and Mary Surratt (John's wife), made plans on March 17, 1865, to capture Lincoln, who was scheduled to see a play at a hospital in the outskirts of Washington. However, Lincoln changed plans and remained in the capital ("Booth" 98) On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox. Two days later Lincoln delivered a speech in front of the White House to a group that had gathered outside. Booth, being present in this group, heard Lincoln suggest that certain voting rights should be granted to the blacks. Infuriated, being a racist, Booth's plans now turned from the kidnapping of Lincoln to his assassination (Lewis, Neely 115) Three days before his assassination Lincoln told of a dream he had to his wife and one of
The jury was deadlocked and Surratt went free. armed with a single shot derringer and a hunting knife. Parker was told to be on hand at Ford's Theatre when the Presidential party got there. Atzerodt made no attempt to kill Johnson, and Powell stabbed Seward but it failed to kill him. Lincoln's body was carried across the street to the Peterson House. Joseph Burroughs, a boy who worked at the theater held his horse in the rear alley while Booth went to get a drink at a nearby saloon. John Parker had just left his post. ' Then came a loud burst of grief from the crows, which woke me from my dream. Mudd and Arnold were all pardoned by President Andrew Johnson early in 1869. All were found guilty by a military tribunal. What could be the meaning of all this? Determined to find the cause of the state of things so mysterious and shocking, I kept on until I arrived at the East Room, which I entered. and slowly made his way towards the state box.
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