Abraham 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
Back in Washington, the bullet had entered Lincoln's head about three inches behind his left ear and traveled about seven and a half inches into the brain. " Booth flashed his knife to the crowd and made his way across the stage in front of more than 1,000 people. John Surratt fled to Canada and then escaped to Europe, where he was captured and was tried in 1867 in a civil court. I went from room to room; no living person was in sight, but the same mournful sounds of distress met me as I passed along. Lincoln ALWAYS previously said, "Good night, Crook. According to Lamon, the President said:"About ten days ago, I retired very late. John Parker had just left his post. Samuel Mudd who set and splinted Booth's broken leg. Atzerodt made no attempt to kill Johnson, and Powell stabbed Seward but it failed to kill him. When Lincoln entered the acting stopped and they played "Hail to the Chief. " The President replied, "Good-bye, Crook.
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