Killing Lincoln; The Shocking Assassination that Changed American Forever by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard discusses on the collaboration and assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
In the first part of the book, many battles and plans of the Union and the Confederacy are examined. The war lasted for 4 years. The president for the union was Abraham Lincoln and the confederate president was Jefferson Davis. The generals that were in charge were Ulysses S. Grant and Robert e. Lee.
The war was exhausting and difficult. Both sides were very devoted to their convictions. The Confederate soldiers were starved and had very little clothing. The solders marched until they collapsed from exhaustion or simply did not have the power to fight anymore. Many men fled and ran away to the wilderness. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. The war was not over for the Confederate. They were still wanting to fight and give the Union revenge.
John Wilkes Booth was a famous actor and very respected man. He was also a Confederate sympathizer and had a very strong hate for Abraham Lincoln. Booth decided the he wanted to kidnap Lincoln as revenge until …show more content…
O’Reilly argues that “for those of us who wish to improve the United States and keep it the greatest nation in the world, we must be aware of the true heroes who have made the country great as well as the villains who have besmirched it”. He supports his idea by using Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant as heroes and John Wilks Booth and the others that helped him plan the assassination plot such as, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, etc. as villains. The author has the book broken up into sections. He also uses many primary and secondary sources that make the book a convincing story. He uses personal memoir from men such as Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and John Wilkes Booth as a way to see insight into the minds and ideas of these
In the first part of the book, many battles and plans of the Union and the Confederacy are examined. The war lasted for 4 years. The president for the union was Abraham Lincoln and the confederate president was Jefferson Davis. The generals that were in charge were Ulysses S. Grant and Robert e. Lee.
The war was exhausting and difficult. Both sides were very devoted to their convictions. The Confederate soldiers were starved and had very little clothing. The solders marched until they collapsed from exhaustion or simply did not have the power to fight anymore. Many men fled and ran away to the wilderness. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. The war was not over for the Confederate. They were still wanting to fight and give the Union revenge.
John Wilkes Booth was a famous actor and very respected man. He was also a Confederate sympathizer and had a very strong hate for Abraham Lincoln. Booth decided the he wanted to kidnap Lincoln as revenge until …show more content…
O’Reilly argues that “for those of us who wish to improve the United States and keep it the greatest nation in the world, we must be aware of the true heroes who have made the country great as well as the villains who have besmirched it”. He supports his idea by using Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant as heroes and John Wilks Booth and the others that helped him plan the assassination plot such as, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, etc. as villains. The author has the book broken up into sections. He also uses many primary and secondary sources that make the book a convincing story. He uses personal memoir from men such as Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and John Wilkes Booth as a way to see insight into the minds and ideas of these