The Events Leading Up to the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

President Lincoln’s assassination shocked the country. Some people felt sorrow about his assassination. On night of April,1865 president Lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes booth. Two people who related was thomas jones and dr.mudd.Two people who had strong reactions to president lincoln’s death were dr.mudd and elizabeth keckly.

Why did John Wilkes Booth want to kill Lincoln?  Booth wanted to kill Lincoln because he didn’t liked how Lincoln wanted to let black people vote. But then he attended  Lincoln’s speech and Lincoln was trying to back out of letting the blacks vote.  After this John W. Booth was so mad that he was trying to get a group together to kidnap Lincoln. This then led to Lincoln’s  assassination.(9)

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

Have you ever wondered that life was the cheapest thing on earth? Everyone has a life; so why is it not the cheapest thing on earth? Because one’s life is meaningful making it valuable, and as soon as one’s life is taken away it becomes worthless. Many famous people like leaders, role models, and historical figures have died because of or for what they believe in. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated because of his strong beliefs to abolish slavery and firm action to uphold his opinions. Although Abraham Lincoln gains much respect as President, some people dislike his opinions and beliefs, causing many controversial thoughts between society. Many peoples’ mixed opinions on Lincoln led to one particular

In the article, Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination it states that there had been a group of 7 that were conspiring to kidnap the President, led by John Wilkes Booth, but that plan never worked out like Booth planned. March 20th 1865 which was the day the kidnapping was supposed to happen but Lincoln never did show up to the spot that Booth and

One of the most tragic moments throughout all American history in my opinion is the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. With no surprise I am writing about certain event that occurred leading up to, during, and after this unfortunate event. This historical event is clouded with conspiracy but I will try to avoid specifics of that particular view.

Sadly, Lincoln was killed due to the belief of Booth that “Lincoln was going to over throw the constitution and destroy the south he loved.” (Booths reason for assassination) This was most likely caused by the fact that Booth was an open confederate sympathizer during the war. It was also thought that the guards were not doing their jobs at the theatre and that they allowed Booth to sneak by and shoot Lincoln in the head with a 44 caliber derringer pistol. Recently after Lincoln’s death it was found that co-conspirators were involved in Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s

Lincoln was then carried across the street to Peterson’s Boarding House, where he ended up dying the next morning. John’s poster was plastered everywhere with a “wanted” sign above it, offering a reward for the arrest of John and his accomplices. Booth’s reasoning was just because he thought it would aid the South after they just surrendered to federal forces. It nearly had the opposite effect, ending Lincoln’s plans of having a generous peace. Instead, the whole country grieved over the President’s death. Now the millions who were celebrating the war’s end were now mourning over their great leader. Lincoln was the first president in U.S. history to be assassinated. Although, “It turned out that the shooting of the President was central to a plot in which the other targets were Seward and the recently installed Vice President, Andrew Jackson.” (“Peter Burchard, 178”) “As the 9-car funeral train carried President Lincoln home for burial in Springfield, Illinois people showed up at train stations all along the way to pay their respects.” (“ The Assassination of President

On April 14 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. The Assassination took place at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. Booth had a few people trying to help him get away after he killed President Lincoln. One person was Dr. Samuel A. Mudd.

The president’s Assassin: John Wilkes Booth Breanna L. M. Hoodlebrink Penta Career Center On April 14, 1865, president Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was attending the performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C with his wife and guests when John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate Sympathiser, shot Lincoln in the back of the head shortly after 10:00 that night. Booth planned to assassinate the president, Secretary of State, and the Vice President with help from Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt. John Wilkes Booth was the ninth of ten children born to parents Junius Brutus and Mary Ann Booth. As a boy, he visited a fortune teller who told him he had a bad hand that is full of sorrow

This paper was to explain the Lincoln Assassination and how it was planned out and his killers. Booth had an original plan to capture Lincoln before he assassinated him and the people involved were Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, John Surratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and David Herold. Booth shot Lincoln on April 15, 1865 on Good Friday. After Lincoln died, his Vice President Andrew Johnson became president. The Lincoln assassination is

Almost everything in life or death starts with a plan, and that was no different for John Wilkes Booth. He and his co-conspirators, all southern Confederates, knew what they wanted, and originally that didn’t include President Lincoln’s death. They had wanted to kidnap him, take him to _______, and hold him for ransom. However, the main reason for such a drastic measures by the confederates was so that they could promote a trade with the North, the trade of men. They hoped to trade Lincoln for the Confederate prisoners of war.

They found them in a barn in Port Royal, Virginia on April 26 (Kelly). David Herold surrendered but Booth did not, so they set fire to the barn to make him come out, but instead Sergeant Boston Corbett shot him (“The Assassination of the President”). Booth gave Abraham Lincoln a slow death. Booth shot Lincoln in the left side of the head. Lincoln was shot on April 14 and died on April 15th at 7:22 A.M (“Abraham Lincoln Assassination”). The conspirators that Booth worked with were Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, John Surratt, Lewis Powell or ( Paine - Payne), George Atzerodt, David Herold, Dr. Samuel Mudd, and Mary Surratt (“An overview of…”). Almost all of the conspirators were sent to jail, hung, died in jail, or were shot (“Assassination of President Abraham

Killing Lincoln is an intriguing book about the events that led to the assassination of President Lincoln. It discusses the planning leading up to the killing and the actual assassination. It goes through the current events that occurred during that time period and John Wilkes Booth’s thoughts. This book does not have to be read only by people only interested in history because it is that interesting and entertaining. It is a book that grabs the reader and pulls them in appealing to all audiences. This book would appeal to any person who enjoys a good, fairly easy read.

Though the idea of Lincoln going to a public theater was strongly opposed, Lincoln was determined. Booth was most definitely not ashamed of the murder he was soon to commit and even went to lengths to make sure he was recognized for it while also dragging those who helped him into the evidence. While the absence of Grant from the play angered Booth it did not falter his plans. With hatred raging through his ears, Booth made his way up to the state box unnoticed and with ease, due to the absence of an alcoholic bodyguard. On his cue, Booth aimed at the back of Lincoln’s head and pulled the trigger. The sudden slump of the President and the sound of the gunshot alerted those in the state box. Major Rathbone attacked Lincoln only to be stabbed in the arm. Booth, shouting “freedom”, falls out of the state box and lands on the stage and breaks his leg. Chaos erupts in the theater at the announcement that the President has been shot. Meanwhile Powell was going through with his plan to kill Seward. He arrived at the house with his decoy medicine but was denied visitation to Seward himself. After the unnecessary jamming of his gun, Powell resorted to combat using the end of the gun and his knife. Powell stabbed Seward and his accompaniments and left believing that they were all dead. Atzerodt failed at his task of killing Andrew Jackson, the most vulnerable, due to his lack of courage