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"Fondly do we hope..." viewing from the stands was John Wilkes Booth.
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The North were celebrating the fall of Richmond. They waved flags, had a parade, and sang "Dixie".
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Grant at Appomattox.
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From the Executive Mansion Lincoln asks the band to play"Dixie" to celebrate the end of the war.
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"A few thousand people, with bands and banners, assembled on the semicircular driveway in front of the Executive Mansion."
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Booth recruits George Atzerodt, David Herold, Lewis Powell, to simultaneously kill some people on the board of the confederate government