Killing Lincoln Opens With The End Of The Civil War

Abraham Lincoln once said “you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today” (“Abraham Lincoln Quotes,” p. 10). Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He won the Republican nomination in 1860 (Burlingame, p 1). While president, Lincoln built the Republican Party into a strong national organization with knowledge and generosity, Lincoln goes a long way in politics and is even reflected for president in 1964. (Burlingame, p 1). President Abraham Lincoln was one of the many men to remember in history, yet he was sadly assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Then, Lincoln, Mary Todd, Henry Rathbone and his fiancee, Clara Harris were sitting in the the presidential box at Ford's Theatre

The theme of the book Chasing Lincoln’s Killer has numerous of themes, however the theme that stands out the most in the book is that, historical assassination

History class to many falls as a boring lesson, memorizing facts nobody will use in life. The day America got it’s independence, the dates of the end of World War 1 and 2. These facts may seem useless, but behind each one, their is a story with so many valiant people, a story with people who must be forever condemned, and facts that we can always use. In the book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, written by James L. Swanson, there is one such story about the death of Abraham Lincoln and the manhunt that followed. What is really important about this story is that there are heroes, who should be remembered, and attackers whose actions must always be condemned. Most importantly, this book shows how many people worked together in order to catch the escapees

Everyone knows that John Wilkes Booth was the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, but not everyone knows John Wilkes Booth’s take on it. Like Why did he do it? Who were his accomplices? What happened after he did it? Well that is was this paper is about.

After that, the book speaks to how John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices planned and executed the assassination of President Lincoln. The book then details John Wilkes Booth and his perils of getting away to a place where he can seek refuge from the manhunt. Next, Andrew Johnson is sworn in and takes the office ofhte presidency as the seventeenth president. Booth continues running for twelve days following the assassination of President Lincoln. It was on the twelfth day that Booth was apprehended in a tobacco warehouse on Garrett Farm. After setting the barn containing John Wilkes Booth ablaze, a firefight ensued. Though the soldiers were ordered not to kill John Wilkes Booth, a corpral named Boston Cobrett shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, claiming that God has instructed him to do it. With the head of the conspiracy dead, there were still other people that were somehow involved with the plot to assassinate Lincoln, Mary Surratt, David Herald, George Atzerodt, and Lewis Powell faced trial on July 6, 1865, and were all four hanged on July 7,

On April 14, Lincoln held a Cabinet congregation to talk over post-war reconstructing exhaustively. President Lincoln wanted to have southern state governments in operation prior to Congress met in December in order to keep away from the oppression of the vengeful Radical Republicans. That same night, during the time that Lincoln was watching a play at Ford’s Theatre, a fanatical Southern actor, John Wilkes Booth, crept up at the back Lincoln and shot him in the head. Lincoln died the following day, leaving the South with little wish for a non-revengeful Reconstruction.

April 15, 1865 was a highly anticipated evening at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. President Abraham Lincoln, along with Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward were scheduled to attend a showing of Our American Cousin. This enjoyable gathering soon turned to tragedy for the American leaders. In the middle of the performance, shots were fired and blood was shed while the unassuming audience sat oblivious to the events unfolding. John Wilkes Booth executed his scheme to assassinate President Lincoln, one of the most important and influential men in American history, who inspired the masses with his unexpected rise to power.

Even so, there is evidence that Booth was part of the Knights. A trunk that belonged to Booth was found after Lincoln’s death. In it were symbols and coded messages used by the Knights. Modern researchers have decoded these and have reported that they deal with Lincoln (Ghost Towns of the East). Along with this, Booth was known for traveling to Montreal often. Montreal was the operations center for high-ranking officials of the Knights at the time (Getler).

give the reader insight about anything relating to President Abraham Lincoln in his final days.

Booth had deceptive control over his murderous plan, as well as the conspirators he persuaded to help him. Each person had

John Wilkes Booth’s initial plan was to actually not kill Lincoln, but to kidnap him and hold him

The book begins by showing Lincoln in the final days of the Civil war waiting anxiously to hear results of the battles that took

Abraham Lincoln was placed into a temporary coffin that was draped with a flag and was transported to the White House where a thorough autopsy was conducted. As the country began to hear about the death of the President, flags then flew at half-mast, many people closed businesses for the day, and those who had cheered about the end of the war now revolved from the assassination of

It was 8:00 P.M. and it was at Ford’s Theatre on 10th Street. The President was going to watch the play Our American Cousin with his wife Martha, Clara Harris, and Major Rathbone. While he was watching the play John Wilkes Booth was entering the Theatre about an hour after the President entered the box, Booth had a gun with one bullet in one pocket and a knife in the other pocket. Booth remembered each line went to one minutes of the time so he was always on time. He was heading up for the box and saw Lincoln's slave not guarding the president but outside of it just watching but Booth showed him something that let him in. No one know’s what he showed him. Then he was thinking well there is nothing between him and the United States president.