USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

LINCOLNS ASSASSINATION

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Lewis Powell

(A) The son of secretary of State

(B) Owned a boarding home where the conspirators met

(C) Knew the area well and acted as a guide for fellow conspirators

(D) ** Tried to kill the Secretary of State

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Concept note-1: -Lewis Powell was an American who attempted to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward on April 14, 1865. He was a conspirator with John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln that same night. Powell was a Confederate soldier wounded at Gettysburg.