Ashley Wilkes

Bethlehem van Kesteren Dr. Marks Lit. 1A 12 -14 -14 I don't think it was justified for John Wilkes Booth to kill president Abraham Lincoln. Booth shouldn't have killed Lincoln because being president means a lot of people, there could have been another way of getting what he wanted, and Abraham Lincoln was only trying to do the right thing by helping African Americans gain their freedom. Lincoln wasn't just a regular man he was the president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was…

Mary Surratt is guilty in the act or helping in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. She may not had helped in the assassination, but she had knew what was going on. Yet she still didn’t say anything about it so she still could have done something about it. But since she didn’t so she’s still deserves to be guilty in that matter. Mary Surratt may not have deserved such a harsh death, but if she didn’t want such a harsh death then she she shouldn’t have done that what she did. Mary surratt said…

There has been a lot of controversy about whether or not John Wilkes Booth was a murderer or patriot. According to definition a patriot is someone who feels strongly about his/hers country. John Wilkes Booth is more a patriot then murderer for doing what he thought best for his country for reasons given. There is a good amount of evidence proving that he was more of a patriot then what the history books are giving. Booth saw his country's cause dying and need a drastic change to bring it back…

“Sic semper tyrannis!”(Chapter 2 Page 43) John Wilkes Booth was a well-known actor and loyal Confederate who risked everything to “avenge the South” (Page 43). Booth became enraged with Lincoln, who was the president at the time, and the Union after they had defeated the South in the Civil War. Booth and some of his conspirators came up with a plan to assassinate President Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, and Secretary of State Seward. Lewis Powell and David Herold were to kill Secretary of…

started with him going to the ford's theatre and seeing the play our American cousin. John wilkes booth know that abe lincoln will be there so he plans the killing with a few of his friends,Lewis powell,David herold,john harrison,surratt and george atzerodt.The night of the play john wilkes booth is prepared for killing abe lincoln. So the crowd goes wild over a funny joke and will the crowd is laughing john wilkes pull the trigger on his .44 caliber derringer into the back of the president head…

John Wilkes Booth had is opinion on something and did not stop until he achieved his goal, weather it was moral or corrupt, because he disagreed with the movements to try and stop slavery, he wanted Lincoln to die for all of the things that he did, and in the long run he thought what he did for the country was for the better. What is right in a person’s mind could be completely wrong in another person’s. John Wilkes Booth lived a very interesting life and achieved many accomplishments, some…

December 8 , 2015 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer This story is about the twelve day manhunt for John Wilkes Booth . The story takes place in Washington , everyone in the city is celebrating the fall of Richmond and the surrender of Robert Lee . There is always parties going on because of the recent events that have happened and John Wilkes Booth is sick of it. He can’t stand it anymore , he has been very depressed because of the…

Why were Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln such strong staples in history? When considered separately they seem to be two completely different individuals but, when compared side by side there is much common ground between the two. Both of these men had suffered the death of a parent at a relatively young age. Also they were assassinated after a great victory, coincidentally the pair died at the age of fifty-six years old. Their assassins were carried out by people who had disagreed with the way…

face as the warm was reaching its final days. They detail the brutality of battles such as Sayler’s Creek and the honor of a peaceful surrender at Appomattox Court House (O’Reilly pgs. 67, 82). While none of this directly correlated to the actor John Wilkes Booth, it provides a background for the man’s seething hatred of both the President and the Union. The fourteen days leading up to Lincoln’s death end in an hourly telling of his final day and lead into the massive manhunt for…

slavery. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a man named “John Wilkes Booth”. Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States and the president had a wife and one son their names are Mary Todd Lincoln and Robert Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on “April 14, 1865” in Washington at a play called Our “American Cousin”. Lincoln and his wife were sitting in a box circle and they were watching the play. “John Wilkes Booth” was an “Actor” in the play so when Booth…