Booth's Plan By vanessaesanchez Apr 13, 1665 Washington celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city Nov 9, 1864 Booth visited the Bryantown tavern in southern Maryland Apr 3, 1865 Richmond, Virginia fell to Union forces Apr 9, 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Union General Grant Apr 11, 1865 A torchlight parade of a few thousand people, with bands and banners, assembled on the semicircular driveway in front of the Executive Mansion Apr 14, 1865 Booth shot Lincoln and stabbed Rathbone Apr 20, 1865 Booth, Harold and Jones went tot get out of the village by a fishing boat but then ended up back in Maryland Apr 26, 1865 Booth dies