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At dinner, the President told his wife the news about the Grants. Disappointed, the Lincolns went out for a carriage ride to the Washington Navy Yard. After spending time with each other, they decided to maintain their announced plans and asked Major [[Henry Rathbone]] and his fiancee, Clara Harris, to join them. After his last meeting, Lincoln told members of Congress that “I suppose it’s time to go, though I would rather stay” before leaving the White House with Mrs Lincoln to pick up Major Rathbone and Clara Harris.

Arriving after the play had started, the two couples go up the stairs and into their seats. The box door was closed, but not locked. It was 8:45 pm at the Herdon House when Booth and his henchmen were in a meeting about their finalized plan to save the South. Lewis Powell was assigned to kill Secretary of State William Seward at his mansion and David Herold to accompany Powell out of Washington to the Navy Yard Bridge. A German immigrant, George Atzerodt, was assigned by Booth to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson at the Kirkwood Hotel. The only change in the plan is that Booth will kill Lincoln at Ford’s Theater. All the attacks were planned to happen at about fifteen minutes past ten pm. Back at Ford’s Theater, as the play progressed, police guard John Parker left his post in the hallway leading to the box and went to a saloon next door for a drink with Lincoln's valet, Charles Forbes and the coachman, Francis Burke. It was the same bar where John Wilkes Booth waited his time. During the third act, he re-entered Ford’s Theater through the front door at 10:10 pm. Showing his calling card to Forbes, Booth slowly made his way to the box where Mr and Mrs Lincoln were holding their hands. Once inside the box, he waited until Actor Harry Hawk said what Booth thought would be the funniest line of the comedy play.

Arriving after the play had started, the two couples go up the stairs and into their seats. The box door was closed, but not locked. It was 8:45 pm at the Herdon House when Booth and his henchmen were in a meeting about their finalized plan to save the South. Lewis Powell was assigned to kill Secretary of State William Seward at his mansion and David Herold to accompany Powell out of Washington to the Navy Yard Bridge. A German immigrant, George Atzerodt, was assigned by Booth to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson at the Kirkwood Hotel. The only change in the plan is that Booth will kill Lincoln at Ford’s Theater. All the attacks were planned to happen at about fifteen minutes past ten pm. Back at Ford’s Theater, as the play progressed, police guard John Parker left his post in the hallway leading to the box and went to a saloon next door for a drink with Lincoln's valet, Charles Forbes and the coachman, Francis Burke. It was the same bar where John Wilkes Booth waited his time. During the third act, he re-entered Ford’s Theater through the front door at 10:10 pm. Showing his calling card to Forbes, Booth slowly made his way to the box where Mr and Mrs Lincoln were holding their hands. Once inside the box, he jammed the door with a wooden bar that he placed it earlier in the day. He waited until Actor Harry Hawk said what Booth thought would be the funniest line of the comedy play.

=== <span style="line-height:19.1875px;">Failed Attempts on Seward and Johnson</span> ===

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After Powell beat both the sergeant and the son, he managed to escape the house by stabbing a messenger and mounted his horse out of Washington D.C. He would later be forced to hide in a cemetery before being arrested on April 17 at the boarding house of Mary Surratt, who is also arrested.

Meanwhile, George Adzerodt couldn't have the courage to shoot Vice President Andrew Johnson and ended up losing his nerve before wondering off the city to hide in his cousin's home, where he was arrested for his role in the plot to kill Lincoln.

Meanwhile, George Adzerodt couldn't have the courage to shoot Vice President Andrew Johnson and ended up losing his nerve before wondering off the city to hide in his cousin's home, where he was later arrested for his role in the plot to kill Lincoln.

=== Booth Shoots Lincoln ===

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=== Death of Abraham Lincoln ===

~~Chaos~~ broke out at the theater. Several people enter the box, including an army surgeon who happened to be at the theater, [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Leale Charles Leale]. Inside the box, he declared Lincoln's wound as mortal after attending him of his condition and head wound with two other doctors. Fearing that Lincoln wouldn’t survive a carriage ride to the White House, the decision was made to move the president to the nearest location on Tenth Street. So when three doctors and four soldiers slowly carry him out of the theater, they were considered to bring him to the same bar next door where Booth had just spend. After being denied by the bartender, they were summoned by a young border at the Petersen House. His name was Henry Safford. Under his orders, the doctors and soldiers carefully brought Lincoln into the house. There, at about 10:45 pm, they lay him sideways on a bed because of his large height. Once Dr Leale ordered everyone out (except the doctors), he and the doctors undress Lincoln, so they could re-examine him for other additional wounds and apply a mustard plaster and blankets to make him comfortable. Surrounded by his cabinet members and friends (except Secretary Seward, who was nearly attacked in his house by Lewis Powell while Booth prepared to shoot Lincoln at Ford’s Theater), they knew that there was no hope that Lincoln could survive and all they could do is wait for Lincoln to take his last breath. He remained in a coma for eight hours before dying early the next morning at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865. Andrew Johnson later became America's seventeenth president upon Lincoln's death. Henry Rathbone recovered from his wounds but his mental state deteriorated in the years following Lincoln's death as he anguished over his perceived inability to thwart the assassination attempt. His mental decline culminated in his murdering his wife, Clara Harris (who was also in the box with Lincoln) on December 23, 1883, fatally shooting her then stabbing her several times. After he killed Clara, Rathbone attempted to kill himself. When the police arrived, the bleeding Rathbone claimed there were people hiding behind the pictures on the wall. The couple's children, who were also almost killed by their father, were taken to live with their uncle, William Harris, in the United States. Rathbone spent the rest of his life in the asylum until his death in 1911. It was as if John Wilkes Booth continued to kill way beyond that fateful evening.

Meanwhile, back in Washington D.C., chaos broke out in the theater. Several people enter the box, including an army surgeon who happened to be at the theater, [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Leale Charles Leale]. Inside the box, he declared Lincoln's wound as mortal after attending him of his condition and head wound with two other doctors. Fearing that Lincoln wouldn’t survive a carriage ride to the White House, the decision was made to move the president to the nearest location on Tenth Street. So when three doctors and four soldiers slowly carry him out of the theater, they were considered to bring him to the same bar next door where Booth had just spend. After being denied by the bartender, they were summoned by a young border at the Petersen House. His name was Henry Safford. Under his orders, the doctors and soldiers carefully brought Lincoln into the house. There, at about 10:45 pm, they lay him sideways on a bed because of his large height. Once Dr Leale ordered everyone out (except the doctors), he and the doctors undress Lincoln, so they could re-examine him for other additional wounds and apply a mustard plaster and blankets to make him comfortable. Surrounded by his cabinet members and friends (except Secretary Seward, who was nearly attacked in his house by Lewis Powell while Booth prepared to shoot Lincoln at Ford’s Theater), they knew that there was no hope that Lincoln could survive and all they could do is wait for Lincoln to take his last breath. He remained in a coma for eight hours before dying early the next morning at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865. Andrew Johnson later became America's seventeenth president upon Lincoln's death. Henry Rathbone recovered from his wounds but his mental state deteriorated in the years following Lincoln's death as he anguished over his perceived inability to thwart the assassination attempt. His mental decline culminated in his murdering his wife, Clara Harris (who was also in the box with Lincoln) on December 23, 1883, fatally shooting her then stabbing her several times. After he killed Clara, Rathbone attempted to kill himself. When the police arrived, the bleeding Rathbone claimed there were people hiding behind the pictures on the wall. The couple's children, who were also almost killed by their father, were taken to live with their uncle, William Harris, in the United States. Rathbone spent the rest of his life in the asylum until his death in 1911. It was as if John Wilkes Booth continued to kill way beyond that fateful evening.

==<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Aftermath</span>==

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*Some researchers have speculated that John Wilkes Booth had a double named James William Boyd died in Booth's place and that John Wilkes Booth committed suicide in 1903 in Enid, Oklahoma, under the alias "David E. George".

* Booth originally planned on [[kidnapping]] the President and holding him for ransom. However, on April 11, 1865, two days after Lee's army surrendered to Grant, Booth attended a speech at the White House in which Lincoln promoted voting rights for blacks; he became so fed up, that it eventually led him to murder.

*Just a month before the deaths Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth, Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham’s son, was saved from falling into the train tracks by Edwin Booth, John’s older brother.

*Just a month before the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth, Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham’s son, was saved from falling into the train tracks by Edwin Booth, John’s older brother.

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 At dinner, the President told his wife the news about the Grants. Disappointed, the Lincolns went out for a carriage ride to the Washington Navy Yard. After spending time with each other, they decided to maintain their announced plans and asked Major [[Henry Rathbone]] and his fiancee, Clara Harris, to join them. After his last meeting, Lincoln told members of Congress that “I suppose it’s time to go, though I would rather stay” before leaving the White House with Mrs Lincoln to pick up Major Rathbone and Clara Harris.
-Arriving after the play had started, the two couples go up the stairs and into their seats. The box door was closed, but not locked. It was 8:45 pm at the Herdon House when Booth and his henchmen were in a meeting about their finalized plan to save the South. Lewis Powell was assigned to kill Secretary of State William Seward at his mansion and David Herold to accompany Powell out of Washington to the Navy Yard Bridge. A German immigrant, George Atzerodt, was assigned by Booth to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson at the Kirkwood Hotel. The only change in the plan is that Booth will kill Lincoln at Ford’s Theater. All the attacks were planned to happen at about fifteen minutes past ten pm. Back at Ford’s Theater, as the play progressed, police guard John Parker left his post in the hallway leading to the box and went to a saloon next door for a drink with Lincoln's valet, Charles Forbes and the coachman, Francis Burke. It was the same bar where John Wilkes Booth waited his time. During the third act, he re-entered Ford’s Theater through the front door at 10:10 pm. Showing his calling card to Forbes, Booth slowly made his way to the box where Mr and Mrs Lincoln were holding their hands. Once inside the box, he waited until Actor Harry Hawk said what Booth thought would be the funniest line of the comedy play.
+Arriving after the play had started, the two couples go up the stairs and into their seats. The box door was closed, but not locked. It was 8:45 pm at the Herdon House when Booth and his henchmen were in a meeting about their finalized plan to save the South. Lewis Powell was assigned to kill Secretary of State William Seward at his mansion and David Herold to accompany Powell out of Washington to the Navy Yard Bridge. A German immigrant, George Atzerodt, was assigned by Booth to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson at the Kirkwood Hotel. The only change in the plan is that Booth will kill Lincoln at Ford’s Theater. All the attacks were planned to happen at about fifteen minutes past ten pm. Back at Ford’s Theater, as the play progressed, police guard John Parker left his post in the hallway leading to the box and went to a saloon next door for a drink with Lincoln's valet, Charles Forbes and the coachman, Francis Burke. It was the same bar where John Wilkes Booth waited his time. During the third act, he re-entered Ford’s Theater through the front door at 10:10 pm. Showing his calling card to Forbes, Booth slowly made his way to the box where Mr and Mrs Lincoln were holding their hands. Once inside the box, he jammed the door with a wooden bar that he placed it earlier in the day. He waited until Actor Harry Hawk said what Booth thought would be the funniest line of the comedy play.
 === <span style="line-height:19.1875px;">Failed Attempts on Seward and Johnson</span> ===
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 After Powell beat both the sergeant and the son, he managed to escape the house by stabbing a messenger and mounted his horse out of Washington D.C. He would later be forced to hide in a cemetery before being arrested on April 17 at the boarding house of Mary Surratt, who is also arrested.
-Meanwhile, George Adzerodt couldn't have the courage to shoot Vice President Andrew Johnson and ended up losing his nerve before wondering off the city to hide in his cousin's home, where he was arrested for his role in the plot to kill Lincoln.
+Meanwhile, George Adzerodt couldn't have the courage to shoot Vice President Andrew Johnson and ended up losing his nerve before wondering off the city to hide in his cousin's home, where he was later arrested for his role in the plot to kill Lincoln.
 === Booth Shoots Lincoln ===
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 === Death of Abraham Lincoln ===
-Chaos broke out at the theater. Several people enter the box, including an army surgeon who happened to be at the theater, [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Leale Charles Leale]. Inside the box, he declared Lincoln's wound as mortal after attending him of his condition and head wound with two other doctors. Fearing that Lincoln wouldn’t survive a carriage ride to the White House, the decision was made to move the president to the nearest location on Tenth Street. So when three doctors and four soldiers slowly carry him out of the theater, they were considered to bring him to the same bar next door where Booth had just spend. After being denied by the bartender, they were summoned by a young border at the Petersen House. His name was Henry Safford. Under his orders, the doctors and soldiers carefully brought Lincoln into the house. There, at about 10:45 pm, they lay him sideways on a bed because of his large height. Once Dr Leale ordered everyone out (except the doctors), he and the doctors undress Lincoln, so they could re-examine him for other additional wounds and apply a mustard plaster and blankets to make him comfortable. Surrounded by his cabinet members and friends (except Secretary Seward, who was nearly attacked in his house by Lewis Powell while Booth prepared to shoot Lincoln at Ford’s Theater), they knew that there was no hope that Lincoln could survive and all they could do is wait for Lincoln to take his last breath. He remained in a coma for eight hours before dying early the next morning at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865. Andrew Johnson later became America's seventeenth president upon Lincoln's death. Henry Rathbone recovered from his wounds but his mental state deteriorated in the years following Lincoln's death as he anguished over his perceived inability to thwart the assassination attempt. His mental decline culminated in his murdering his wife, Clara Harris (who was also in the box with Lincoln) on December 23, 1883, fatally shooting her then stabbing her several times. After he killed Clara, Rathbone attempted to kill himself. When the police arrived, the bleeding Rathbone claimed there were people hiding behind the pictures on the wall. The couple's children, who were also almost killed by their father, were taken to live with their uncle, William Harris, in the United States. Rathbone spent the rest of his life in the asylum until his death in 1911. It was as if John Wilkes Booth continued to kill way beyond that fateful evening.
+Meanwhile, back in Washington D.C., chaos broke out in the theater. Several people enter the box, including an army surgeon who happened to be at the theater, [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Leale Charles Leale]. Inside the box, he declared Lincoln's wound as mortal after attending him of his condition and head wound with two other doctors. Fearing that Lincoln wouldn’t survive a carriage ride to the White House, the decision was made to move the president to the nearest location on Tenth Street. So when three doctors and four soldiers slowly carry him out of the theater, they were considered to bring him to the same bar next door where Booth had just spend. After being denied by the bartender, they were summoned by a young border at the Petersen House. His name was Henry Safford. Under his orders, the doctors and soldiers carefully brought Lincoln into the house. There, at about 10:45 pm, they lay him sideways on a bed because of his large height. Once Dr Leale ordered everyone out (except the doctors), he and the doctors undress Lincoln, so they could re-examine him for other additional wounds and apply a mustard plaster and blankets to make him comfortable. Surrounded by his cabinet members and friends (except Secretary Seward, who was nearly attacked in his house by Lewis Powell while Booth prepared to shoot Lincoln at Ford’s Theater), they knew that there was no hope that Lincoln could survive and all they could do is wait for Lincoln to take his last breath. He remained in a coma for eight hours before dying early the next morning at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865. Andrew Johnson later became America's seventeenth president upon Lincoln's death. Henry Rathbone recovered from his wounds but his mental state deteriorated in the years following Lincoln's death as he anguished over his perceived inability to thwart the assassination attempt. His mental decline culminated in his murdering his wife, Clara Harris (who was also in the box with Lincoln) on December 23, 1883, fatally shooting her then stabbing her several times. After he killed Clara, Rathbone attempted to kill himself. When the police arrived, the bleeding Rathbone claimed there were people hiding behind the pictures on the wall. The couple's children, who were also almost killed by their father, were taken to live with their uncle, William Harris, in the United States. Rathbone spent the rest of his life in the asylum until his death in 1911. It was as if John Wilkes Booth continued to kill way beyond that fateful evening.
 ==<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Aftermath</span>==
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 *Some researchers have speculated that John Wilkes Booth had a double named James William Boyd died in Booth's place and that John Wilkes Booth committed suicide in 1903 in Enid, Oklahoma, under the alias "David E. George".
 * Booth originally planned on [[kidnapping]] the President and holding him for ransom. However, on April 11, 1865, two days after Lee's army surrendered to Grant, Booth attended a speech at the White House in which Lincoln promoted voting rights for blacks; he became so fed up, that it eventually led him to murder.
-*Just a month before the deaths Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth, Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham’s son, was saved from falling into the train tracks by Edwin Booth, John’s older brother.
+*Just a month before the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth, Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham’s son, was saved from falling into the train tracks by Edwin Booth, John’s older brother.
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