Cause And Effect Of Lincoln's Assassination

Before this, Julia and Ulysses S. Grant were invited, but they turned down the invitation. So, Clara and Henry accepted a last-minute invitation to see the play with the Lincoln’s. When John Wilkes Booth shot the president, Clara’s fiance’, Henry was the first line of defense after John Wilkes Booth attacked. Henry jumped to attack Booth, but Booth used his knife to slash Henry’s left arm open from elbow to shoulder. Henry Rathbone was also hurt, but he tried another attempt to stop Booth, but ignored. John Wilkes Booth jumped off the box and made an easy escape out of the back of the theatre. Then, Henry collapsed to the ground, weak from all the blood-loss, and Clara and Mary Todd Lincoln began to scream. In the theatre, the audience was alerted by the noise John Wilkes Booth was making while escaping. Clara was quite covered in Henry Rathbone’s blood, while she was trying to stop the blood with her handkerchief. Mary Todd Lincoln was broken-hearted and she accidentally mistook Henry’s blood for Abraham Lincoln’s. The screaming from the box spread throughout the theatre and the doctors in the house were located and rushed to the president. President Lincoln was moved to a house across the street from the theatre. Abraham Lincoln then died the next day at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865, he was surrounded by loved ones and well-known citizens, including Clara.

Booth was now in the box of the theatre. On April 14, 1865, just after 10 p.m., Booth pulled a .44-calibre derringer and shot President Lincoln in the back of the head. “He grappled briefly with Union officer Maj. Henry Rathbone (who, along with his fiancée, was in the box as the Lincoln’s guest), swung himself over the balustrade, and leaped off it, reportedly shouting, “Sic semper tyrannis!” (the motto of the state of Virginia, meaning “Thus always to tyrants!”) or “The South is avenged!” or both” (Encyclopedia Britannica 2017). Booth next jumped off the stage, breaking his leg in the process, but managed to make it to his getaway horse before anyone in the shocked crowd could stop him (Biography April 28, 2017). The attempt to kill Seward did not succeed, but Lincoln died shortly after seven o’clock the following morning. (Encyclopedia Britannica 2017).

The death of Abraham Lincoln is described very vividly: “...the sphere of Britannia metal poked a neat round hole in Lincoln’s skull and then pushed fragments of that bone deep into Lincoln’s brain as it traveled precisely seven and a half inches before plowing to a stop in the dense gray matter.” (page 208). After the arrests of the other co-conspirators like Azterodt and Powell, detective Lafayette Baker attempts to hunt down John Wilkes Booth and David Herold who are hiding out in a swamp in Maryland. Eventually, the two conspirators are found in a barn in Virginia and John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed as the barn burned to the ground. Finally, the assassin of the killer of Abraham Lincoln is killed in the same manner as the president.

On the evening on April 14, 1856, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, who had already attempted to kidnap Lincoln twice already, while attending the play of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater. Sitting with him were Mayor Henry Rathbone and his fiancée, Clare Harris. While watching the play, Booth sneaked into the box the president, a knife in his left hand and a pistol in his right. Booth shot the president in the back of the head, slashed Rathbone across the arm, and jumped off the balcony. Booth caught his leg on a flag on the way down and broke his leg. Lincoln was carried to a boarding house next door and died the next day. President Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated in United States history. John booth escaped, sought medical attention for his wounded leg, and fled into the Virginia country side. Union troops found the barn he was hiding in, surrounded it, set it on fire, and shot Booth as he attempted to escape (“The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln,” 34f). The president’s body was taken by train to Springfield, Illinois, where he was then buried. Accomplices of Booth’s were tried for their part in trying to assassinate other leaders, such as the Vice President and the Secretary of War. Others were tried in court for attempting to aid

On April 14th, 1865 the President and the First Lady decided to go to a showing of Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theatre. A policeman was positioned outside of the balcony door that evening. It is said that he left the theatre during intermission and went to the saloon next door for a drink, leaving Lincoln exposed. Just then, at 10:15 p.m., Booth slipped into the box and shot President Lincoln in the back of the head,

Lee surrendered to the North. The surrender pushed Booth over the edge, and he realized, that in order to make a difference, he would have to perform a larger act then a kidnapping. He would have to assassinate Abraham Lincoln (“John Wilkes Booth.” Civil War Trust). On April 14, 1865, Booth entered Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theatre. He drew a .44-calibre derringer, a small handgun, and shot Lincoln in the back of the head. He then proceeded to throw himself over the railing of the balcony onto the stage shouting, “Sic semper tyrannis! The SOuth is avenged (“John Wilkes Booth.” Encyclopædia Britannica)!” Booth ran away limping, after breaking his leg. He escaped on a horse that was waiting outside. He rode until he reached the house of Dr. Samuel Mudd. Dr. Mudd fixed Booth’s broken leg ,and when he was questioned, he denied even knowing Booth. Booth, along with a fellow conspirator David E. Herold, escaped to VIrginia, where they found a tobacco barn near Port Royal. Soldier then found them, and Booth was shot down. It is unknown whether someone whot him or if He shot himself. Booth died thinking he help the South, but in actuality he caused more defeat. “Lincoln believed that the country could never be whole again unless the South was welcomed back with open arms (Hillstrom 33).” After Lincoln died, President Andrew Johnson took hi splace. Contrary to

Booth and his co-conspirators also planned to simultaneously assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward, hoping to throw the Union into disarray and save the Confederacy (History.com Staff). Booth had heard of Lincoln's plan to attend the play Our American Cousin on April 14, 1865 at the Ford's Theater, and planned to assassinate the President there (History.com Staff). At the play, Booth, whose appearance there wasn't uncommon being a famous actor, snuck into the President's private box and shot him in the head with a .44-caliber derringer (History.com Staff). Booth then jumped from the box to the stage, shouting the Virginia state motto, Sic semper tyrannis!--thus always to tyrants (History.com Staff). For a minute, the crowd only thought Booth's outburst was part of the play, until the distraught First Lady Mary Lincoln alerted the crowd to the horror unfolding in the President's box (History.com Staff). Doctors rushed to the box and carried him to a boardinghouse across the street, where the surgeon general announced that the President wouldn't survive the night (History.com Staff). Although the assassination attempts on the Vice President and Secretary of State failed, the President was not so lucky. President Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 AM on the morning of April 15 (History.com

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a .44 Derringer that is stored in the Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was a small part in the larger plan to weaken the Union so that the Confederacy may have a last hurrah. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was an extremely destructive and led to the North to have a deep hatred towards the South. The assassination attempt on Lincoln, the Vice President, and his Secretary of State was deeply destructive to the Union. To understand the results of this assassination, one must understand the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the larger plan to weaken the North, and what happened to the other conspirators with John Wilkes Booth.

“Ever thus to tyrants! The South is avenged!” John Wilkes Booth said after he shot Lincoln. Lincoln died April 15th, 1865. There were many people that tried to kill Lincoln, some were famous, and some were poor.

In april 15 1865 Abraham Lincoln dies from gunshot wound from John Wilkes Booth after sneaking into the presidential box. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President Of The United States Of America and was the first assassination of a U.S President. On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, ending the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln death also helped end slavery. After Abraham died Vice President Andrew Jackson became president.

April 14, 1865, 10:15 at Ford’s theater in Washington D.C, I, John Wilkes Booth, shot the 16th president of the United States of America. Finally, we are free. Who knew all it would take was a single bullet.

One bullet changed the fate of America. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination turned America upside down. This was the day that turned America into a chaotic whirl of devastation and depression. The moment that the story hit the paper everyone was asking questions that no one could answer. How? Who? Why? The president's sudden death was a shock to the nation. He was shot directly in the back of the head, causing him to fight for his life for 9 hours until his death. His wife Mary Todd Lincoln, was accompanying him at the comedy Our American Cousin. Mary and Abraham were full of sorrow and doubt. The

That night a little after 10 o' clock a well known actor, John Wilkes Booth, in the play snuck into the president's box with a gun. Before anyone knew it Booth had aimed and pulled the trigger, the bullet hitting President Lincoln in the back of the head. Booth's escape caused him to break his leg but he still managed to get away, muttering, "Thus always to tyrants." Lincoln was rushed, unconscious, to a new neighboring house. Surrounded by family and officials, President Abraham Lincoln was pronounced dead at 7:22 A.M. on April 15, 1865. After 12 days, Booth was caught along with other conspirators but Booth was killed in crossfire. Abraham Lincoln died at the age of 56 years old, leaving behind his wife Mary Todd and his son Robert. The death of their President shook the Americans and they mourned for hi, but with his death it Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as acting Commander and Chief. (Encyclopedia, 284-86)

Booth himself was killed by union soldiers while being tracked down before his trial on April 26, 1865. Booth initially ran from Ford’s theater after shooting Lincoln and was caught in a warehouse. He was an actor who assassinated Lincoln by a gunshot in the head in his wife’s presence at Ford Theater. Booth had

The death of Abraham Lincoln was a tragic one and caught the nation off guard. But I will be writing about the people that made his death happen. He was killed by John Wilkes Booth when watching our American Cousin. The reason it was so tragic is because he was a key part of the Union's success and he was the president of the U.S.A. John Wilkes was to assassinate Lincoln. Another was supposed to Vice president Andrew Johnson.