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election
lincolns election -
collapse
confederacy in danger of collapse -
ugly gray sky
a photographer wqs going to take pictures of the capitol dome because lincoln ordered wok on it -
booth
booth andhis henchmen planned like hghway robbers -
planned
lincolns assasination was planned -
premeditated
the assasination was premeditated -
easter
would forever be known as black easter -
richmond, virginia
capital of confederate states of america fell to union forces -
richmond
richmod fell -
conspirators
booth organized his little band of conspiators -
surrendered
confederate general robert e lee and the army of northern virginia surrendered -
surrnedered
lee surrendered -
Abraham Lincoln
appeared at a second floor window of the executive mansion -
Voting rights
Lincoln proposed to give blacks the right to vote -
parade
a torchlight parade of a few thousand people with bans and banners assembled on the semicircular driveway in front of the executive mansion -
John Wilkes Booth
He awoke depressed The conederacy dead and his glory was over.
He assembled enough men to accomplish another mission -
armed
george atezerots was armed with a pistol and knife -
at fords
laura keene is remembered for a single unscripted act that took plave over a few minutes -
watches
the doctors and nearly every man took watches out of their pockets to see the tim lincoln died -
booth
booth was in grave danger at sround 3 pm -
mudds farm
the chain to johnwilkes booth led to mudds farm. and the predawn hours began