John Wilkes Booth

  • Booth attempts to kidnap Lincoln

  • Booth learned that Lincoln would be at Ford's theater

  • Booth knew how he would get to the President during the play

  • Booth planned how he was going to kill Lincoln, with a .44 caliber gun

  • Booth gathered more men to help kill the Vice president and Secretary of State as well

  • Booth waited in a small room in between the president's box and the rest of the theater until the moment was right

  • The time was right and Lincoln pointed the gun at the president's head and shot it

  • The president was seriously wounded and almost dead

  • Booth climbed out of the box and jumped onto the stage

  • Booth left Washington City by crossing a bridge

  • Booth met up with Herold and they both headed toward the first safe house

  • While Booth was killing Lincoln, he planned that Powell and Atzerodt would kill the Secretary of state and Vice president

  • Powell tried to kill Seward but only injured him. He also injured Robinson and Augustus and killed Frederick

  • Atzerodt did not go through with his plan to kill the vice president

  • Booth entered the president's box and waited for the actor on stage to say a line that would make everyone laugh, hopefully drowning out the sound of the gun shot

  • Henry Rathbone tried to catch Booth before he got away but Booth took out his knife and sliced Rathbone's arm

  • Booth stops at a safe house called Surratt's Tavern

  • The Lincoln's arrived and Booth started to move toward their box

  • The other people in the box turned around to see Booth standing there

  • Booth shouted something t the audience while onstage and then he fled from the scene

  • Booth stops at Dr. Mudd's house to heal his wound, rest, and eat