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George Atzerodt Conspiracy Essay

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George Atzerodt walks into a bar Caught up in what was supposed to be a noble act to kidnap the President and defend the Confederate, George Atzerodt had no idea the demented twist this conspiracy would take. Atzerodt never wanted anyone to lose their life, he just wanted to assist in getting back what was being ripped away from the Confederacy. Originally Mr. Atzerodt was just going to be the boatman that President Lincoln would have been stowed away on in the kidnapping plot. John Wilkes Booth, the leader behind the whole scheme, went mad and took advantage of the commitment his co-conspirators had for the Confederacy. I am here today to prove George Atzerodt not guilty because he did not take another man’s life, and he was dragged …show more content…

Mr. Atzerodt never actually became an American citizen and always spoke with a heavy German accent. Pre-Civil War he and his brother John moved to Port Tobacco, Maryland where they had opened a carriage repair shop together, but eventually John moved to Baltimore and George stayed put in Port Tobacco. “When the Civil War started and the first shots at Ft. Sumter raged Atzerodt made an association that would end his life, prematurely.” (www.civilwaracademy.com/george-atzerodt.html, 2016). After the Civil War had started, Atzerodt rowed for his Confederate friends across the Potomac River, and in Early 1865 had become acquainted with a Mr. John …show more content…

After hearing the news of President Lincoln's assassination, the employee had made a report to which military police John Lee investigated. Officer Lee’s search of Atzerodt’s hotel room showed no traces of the room actually being used and the intended murder weapons found under his pillow along with a book of Mr. Booth’s leading to Mr. Atzerodt becoming a “prime conspiracy suspect.” (http://law2.umkc.edu/,Linder 2002). Six days later, in the home of his cousin, George Atzerodt was arrested and charged. Along with Mary Surratt, and Dr. Samuel Mudd, he was sentenced to

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