AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
LINCOLNS ASSASSINATION
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Planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson
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Doctor who set Lincoln’s killer leg without asking any questions. Alleged conspirators.
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Planned to destroy the Northern government and killed Lincoln
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Secretary of State
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Detailed explanation-1: -George Andrew Atzerodt (June 12, 1835 – July 7, 1865) was a German American repairman, Confederate sympathizer, and conspirator with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson, but lost his nerve and made no attempt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Through the Surratt’s, Atzerodt met John Wilkes Booth, who persuaded him to participate in his plan to kidnap President Lincoln, and hold him in Virginia in exchange for Confederate POWs. Atzerodt met Booth and other conspirators at Gautier’s Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue to discuss the President’s abduction.
Detailed explanation-3: -Conspirators Lewis Powell and David Herold were assigned to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, and George Atzerodt was tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson.
Detailed explanation-4: -George Atzerodt, a German immigrant who had acted as a boatman for Confederate spies, was to kill Johnson. Booth himself was to assassinate Lincoln. All three attacks were to occur at the same time (about 10:00 pm) that night.