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We’ve all heard the stories about Honest Abe and his untimely assassination in the theatre, but Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s book Killing Lincoln transports us back in time and relives the story of the days leading up to the day that changed America forever. Our story opens up March 4, 1865, six weeks before Lincoln’s assassination, when the United States of America was in the midst of its biggest turmoil. The Southern and the Northern states had divided into the Confederacy and the Union and were fighting in America’s bloodiest war in history: the Civil War. Lincoln was just reelected by his people and taking his second oath of office, little does he know that the man who will seal his fate is sitting in this very crowd and harboring …show more content…

This battle was the final battle fought in the Civil War. It left the Confederate Army in ruins and caused a lot of damage for the Union Army. General Lee knew that his army could no longer withstand any more attacks, so he did what he dreaded doing the most. On April 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered thus ending the Civil War. The people in Washington D.C. were thrilled that an end had come to this war and that the Union had won, that is except for John Wilkes Booth. Booth was absolutely outraged and this victory for the Union added fuel to his raging fire. Before this moment Booth had merely planned to kidnap the president and hold him hostage until the southern states won the war. He now knew that kidnapping was not going to solve his problem, he wants payback and the only way he can get it is if he takes the president’s life. To accomplish the perfect assassination Booth must enlist some help, so he calls on some of his coconspirators to help him get the job done. Among Booth’s entourage are Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt. These conspirators believed that their mission was to kidnap the president, but Booth had other plans for them. Blackmail and a lot of convincing made this group of people join Booth’s evil plot against the …show more content…

Seward his medicine by hand. Mr. Seward’s servant knew that something was wrong. Lewis Powell then made his way up the stairs to find one of Mr. Seward’s sons denying Powell entrance into the bedroom. Powell stabbed this man and he fell unconscious to the floor. His next roadblock was Mr. Seward’s daughter that he just punched and knocked her out. Finally, another one of the Seward children tried to stop the mad man but was also knocked unconscious. Powell then vicious stabbed William Seward until he believed that he was dead. Little did he know that everyone in the home was still

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Samuel Mudd, Sam Arnold, Mike O'Laughlin and Ned Spangler sent to the fever-ridden Dry Tortugas Prison. If had conspired with Mary Surratt and the others it would make sense to have them hanged in order to prevent the truth from getting out in a court of law. More of the points involving Stanton was that there was a mysterious alleged interruption of telegraph communications, secretly arranging to have Booth killed before being brought to trial, and the suppression of evidence by potentially removing pages from Booth's diary. Eisenschiml also noted the unreliability of John F. Parker who accompanied the Lincoln party inside the theater. He wasn’t by his side at the time of the assassination.

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Booth couldn’t do it alone and he begins to grab partners who also do not feel happy about how the Civil War is going on. All together Booth, Powell, Herold, and Atzerodt will try to kill the Secretary of State, Vice President Johnson, and President Lincoln. In which some will succeed and some will not. Swanson’s purpose was clear as he wrote his book Chasing Lincoln’s Killer; He wished to

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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

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