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Booth plots to kidnap Lincoln
Booth planned to kidnap Lincoln and hold him for ransom which failed -
Civil war ends
Robert E Lee surrenders in the Appomattox Courthouse -
Lincoln´s Assassination
Booth over-hears a conversation about Lincoln where abouts and decides to have a stakeout and plot on Lincoln which then leads to booth killing Lincoln in the theater -
Conspirators Arrested
Everyone who was involved with Lincolns assassination was later arrested on that day of the assassination -
Lincolns Funeral
His service was held at the White House Thousands crowded the streets to watch -
Locating Booth
Booth has still not been arrested and has a $100,000 reward for the fugitives still at large booth tries to flee Maryland and ends up; losing his was at night and didnt get far -
Booth is dead
Eventually gets to Virginia and ends up getting surrounded by union troops and refuses to surrender and so the troops light the bar on fire and booth gets shot in the neck and dies at sunrise -
Stand trial
All 8 defendants go to trial 4 are sentenced to death by hanging and the other 4 are sentenced to prison in Fort Jefferson -
Execution
The four defendants are hung at the Old arsenal prison in Washington D.C -
Defendant dies
OĹaughlen dies he was one of the 4 sent to prison in Fort Jefferson he died during a massive outbreak of yellow fever -
John S Captured
was the 9th conspirator was found in Alexandria Egypt and will b e tried acquitted and hung -
Spangler
Spangler also one of the four sent to prison dies eventually overtime caused by poor health