AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
LINCOLNS ASSASSINATION
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Jefferson Davis and Andrew Johnson
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Andrew Johnson and William Seward
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William Seward and James Buchanan
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James Buchanan and John Henry
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gathering his fellow conspirators, Booth outlined a plan to assassinate not just President Lincoln but also Vice Pres. Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward. Booth tasked Lewis Powell, a tall and powerful former Confederate soldier, with the attack on Seward, to be aided by David Herold .
Detailed explanation-2: -Clockwise from top: John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell, David Herold, Michael O’Lauglin, John Surratt, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, George Atzerodt.
Detailed explanation-3: -Secretary of War Edwin Stanton ordered that guns be fired in salute to commemorate the day. The euphoria of Union victory came to a sudden halt on the night of April 14, 1865, when President Lincoln was shot while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre.
Detailed explanation-4: -As the war drew to a close with the fall of Richmond on April 3, 1865, and Lee’s surrender at Appomattox on April 9, there were Southern sympathizers who believed that the Confederacy could be restored. John Wilkes Booth held that belief, and it was the motive behind his plot to murder President Abraham Lincoln.