Assassination of linchon

By tjg1105

  • Booth Plots to Kidnap Lincoln

    the day of the planned kidnapping, Abraham Lincoln failed to appear at the spot where Booth and his six fellow conspirators lay in wait, foiling their planned abduction.

  • Civil War Ends

    Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders at the Appomattox Courthouse and the Civil War ends.

  • Lincoln’s assassination

    while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

  • got his mail

    While picking up his mail at Ford’s Theater, John Wilkes Booth overhears someone saying Lincoln will attend that evening’s performance. He spends the following eight hours gathering supplies and plowing with Powell and Atzerodt.

  • Powell attacks Secretary of State

    Lewis Powell atacks Secretary of State William Seward in his bed, slashing Seward’s face and inlicing a serious wound. Powell escapes out the front door of the house.