Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America. He is remembered as one of America's utmost leaders because of his large influence on the country. Then, all of a sudden he was killed by John Wilkes Booth at a time when the nation needed him the most to finish the job he had started which was making slaves equal to everyone else. In summer of 1864, John Wilkes Booth began to develop a plan to kidnap President Lincoln, take him to Richmond, which was the confederate capital, and hold him in return for Confederate prisoners of war and On March 17, 1865, Booth planned to capture the president, who was scheduled to attend a play at a hospital located on the outskirts of Washington. However, the President’s plans changed
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President Lincoln and his wife arrived late to the Play and the play stopped while Lincoln made his way to his box. Lincoln’s bodyguard was not there that night, so he had a different one and he was outside of the door. However, the guard realized he could not see the play so he left to find a better place to sit and at the intermission the guard left to have drinks at the saloon next door. Booth arrived at the theatre around 9 that night and went to the tavern next door to get a bottle of whiskey. While there, another customer told Booth that “he would never be the actor his father was.” Booth replied, “When I leave the stage, I will be the most famous man in America.” Booth arrived back at Ford’s Theatre around 10 that night. Booth quietly entered the box and put his gun behind Lincoln’s head and pulled the trigger. Major Rathbone began wrestling with the assassin and Booth stabbed him in the left arm, then Booth jumped 11 feet on to the stage below and broke his fibula. Then he flashed his knife to her audience and ran out the door. He hopped on his horse and escaped using the Navy Yard Bridge and met up with Herod and they went to Surratsville. As for Lincoln, Dr. Robert King Stone didn’t arrive until 11pm, and when he arrived there was nothing that he could do. Lincoln died at seven the next morning on April 15,
President Lincoln and his wife arrived late to the Play and the play stopped while Lincoln made his way to his box. Lincoln’s bodyguard was not there that night, so he had a different one and he was outside of the door. However, the guard realized he could not see the play so he left to find a better place to sit and at the intermission the guard left to have drinks at the saloon next door. Booth arrived at the theatre around 9 that night and went to the tavern next door to get a bottle of whiskey. While there, another customer told Booth that “he would never be the actor his father was.” Booth replied, “When I leave the stage, I will be the most famous man in America.” Booth arrived back at Ford’s Theatre around 10 that night. Booth quietly entered the box and put his gun behind Lincoln’s head and pulled the trigger. Major Rathbone began wrestling with the assassin and Booth stabbed him in the left arm, then Booth jumped 11 feet on to the stage below and broke his fibula. Then he flashed his knife to her audience and ran out the door. He hopped on his horse and escaped using the Navy Yard Bridge and met up with Herod and they went to Surratsville. As for Lincoln, Dr. Robert King Stone didn’t arrive until 11pm, and when he arrived there was nothing that he could do. Lincoln died at seven the next morning on April 15,