Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln Friday April 14
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
Friday, April 14 th, 1865 • 7 am to 2 pm - Breakfast with family, met with cabinet, visitors, invited Grants to theater, met with Vice-President • 2 pm - lunch with Mrs. Lincoln • 3 pm to 8 pm – met with former slave, various other individuals including a onearmed soldier, carriage ride • 8 pm – arrived Ford’s theater late, actors paused for playing of ‘Hail to the Chief’, the play American Cousin resumed
Who were the other targets for assassination? •
Where was the president when he was shot?
What happened?
What happened to President Lincoln after he was shot? •
What happened to the other targets? •
What happened to John Wilkes Booth?
Wanted Poster
What happened to those in the box?
What about the conspirators? John Wilkes Booth Lewis Powell David Herold Michael O’Lauglin John Surratt Edman Spangler Samuel Arnold George Atzerodt Mary Surrat Not pictured Dr. Samuel Mudd
Facts • 15 other people had turned down invitation to theater • Andrew Johnson sworn in at 10 am April 15 th • 1 st President to be assassinated • Assassination took place on a Good Friday • Mary Todd Lincoln did not attend funeral • Died without a will • Lincoln’s body was delivered with his son’s body on a train to Illinois to be buried together
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