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Chasing Lincoln's Killer

By ivana.rosillo@fsd79.org

  • Start of Lincoln's election

    The time of Lincoln's election

  • Lincoln's Inauguration Speech

    "Fondly do we hope..." viewing from the stands was John Wilkes Booth.

  • John Wilkes Booth's plan

    Booth and his henchman planned how they were going to plan president Lincoln.

  • The Union One

    The North were celebrating the fall of Richmond. They waved flags, had a parade, and sang "Dixie"

  • The Surrender

    Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Grant at Appomattox.

  • The Humorous Speech

    From the Executive Mansion Lincoln asks the band to play "Dixie" to celebrate that the war was over.

  • The Torchlight Parade

    A parade celebrated with banners and bands, assembled on the semicircular driveway in front of the Executive Mansion.

  • Celebration of the End of the War

    They celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city. The homes glowed with candles, torches, gaslights, and fireworks.

  • John Wilkes Booth's Regetion

    It was Good Friday Morning and he could not last another day of Union victory celebration.

  • The Day of the Killing

    Once he had his planned, he got to the theater and performed his plan.

  • The killing of the secretary

    They had the plan to kill the secretary by invading the house, locating the secretary of state's bedroom, and kill the defenseless victim with pistol fore and, if necessary, a knife.

  • Booth Finds Allies

    Booth recruits David Harold, George Atzerodt, and Lewis Powell to simultaneously murder the president, vice president, and the secretary of state.