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'''''Some material in this article may contain graphically explicit material; that may upset certain viewers.''''' | '''''Some material in this article may contain graphically explicit material; that may upset certain viewers.''''' | ||
The assassination of [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln Abraham Lincoln] was a plot by [[John Wilkes Booth]] and three co-conspirators | The assassination of [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln Abraham Lincoln] was a plot by [[John Wilkes Booth]] and three co-conspirators who were assigned to simultaneously eliminating the top three people in the administration, Booth and his co-conspirators hoped to sever the continuity of the United States government. | ||
Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.. He died early the next morning. The rest of the conspirators' plot failed; Powell only managed to wound Seward, while Atzerodt, Johnson's would-be assassin, lost his nerve and fled. The funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln was a period of national mourning. | Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.. He died early the next morning. The rest of the conspirators' plot failed; Powell only managed to wound Seward, while Atzerodt, Johnson's would-be assassin, lost his nerve and fled. The funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln was a period of national mourning. |