Lincoln AssassinationTimeline

By clm0811

  • Lincoln Delivers His Second Inaugural Address

    President Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address to a crowd of 50,000 in front of the newly completed iron dome of the U.S. Capitol. Nationally known stage actor John Wilkes Booth and several other Confederate sympathizers are among the crowd.

  • Booth Plots to Kidnap Lincoln

    Booth plots to kidnap Lincoln and hold him ransom for Confederate Army prisoners. Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, David Herold, Samuel Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen and John Surrat conspire with Booth, although their idea didn't carry out

  • Civil War Ends

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

  • The Day of the Assassinaion

    Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater.

  • The Day Ater

    (4 am) Booth, now traveling with David Herold, arrives at Dr. Samuel Mudd’s house in southern Maryland. Mudd, an acquaintance Booth met while scouing escape routes, sets Booth’s brokenleg.

  • The Naion Grieves

    On this Easter Sunday, church services are packed with mourners dressed in black. Preachers compare the deaths of Lincoln and Jesus Christ.

  • Five Conspirators Arrested for the assassination of Lincoln

    Invesigators receive a ip that leads to the arrest of Lewis Powell, Seward’s atacker. The same day, police also arrest Michael O’Laughlen, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold and Mary Surrat.

  • Atzerodt Arrested, Booth, and Herold Sill At Large

    Five days ater Lincoln’s death, authoriies sill have not found Booth. Edwin Stanton ofers a $100,000 reward for the fugiives sill at large. In northwest Maryland, police arrest George Atzerodt.

  • Lincoln's Funeral

    A funeral service is held for Lincoln at the White House. Thousands of Americans line the streets to watch the procession.

  • Lincoln's Funeral Train

    The train departs Washington and travels the country for 12 days while people mourn.

  • Booth and Herald in Virginia

    Booth and Herold inally get to Virginia. Three Confederate soldiers help them cross the Rappahannock River, and the fugiives ind shelter in a barn owned by Richard Garret.

  • Closing in on Booth

    Acing on tips, Union troops pursue the fugitives to the Garret farm.

  • Herold Surrender, Booth Killed

    Soldiers surround the Garret barn in the early morning hours. Harold surrenders, but Booth refuses and troops light the barn on ire. Booth is shot in the neck, and he dies at sunrise May 12: