Booths main goal is to bring the Confederacy (CSA) back. To do so, he and his mates have to do a series of assassinations. Booth had to assassinate Lincoln, which he did but not quite. Lincoln got shot in the head but still lives on a while longer. Lewis Powell had been assigned to kill Secretary of State William Seward, which he fails to do so (Pg. 53). His plan didn 't go too well but he still managed to assassinate Lincoln (Pg. 39) After Booth and David Harold regrouped, they had to escape to Maryland (Pg.64). If they did not, the police would capture them and probably put them to a death sentence. They also wanted to find Lewis Powell but he never showed up on the escape route. He has done a part of his plan to accomplish and achieve his