Abraham Lincoln's Assassination Research Paper
Derek Newsome
April 28th 2014
Early U.S History
Corey Wasserman
Assassination of Lincoln The United States 16th president, the great Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15th 1865. This Horrific act became the first assassination of any President in America’s history. What happened in Ford’s theater that night is still discussed today with conspiracy theories and unanswered questions. In such a crucial time of movement for society, we lost a leader who was taking steps for a better tomorrow. What was made out to be a fun night watching the performance of “Our American Cousin”, quickly would turn into one of the biggest man hunts in history. This thought out plan, was to cause the U.S government into disarray and was successfully executed. …show more content…
The biggest question of them all was Andrew Johnson involved with the assassination of Lincoln? Only seven hours before the shooting, Booth went to the Washington Hotel where Johnson was currently staying at (7). After the clerk at the front desk told Booth that Johnson and his secretary Browning wasn’t there, Booth wrote a note (7). The note stated “Don 't wish to disturb you Are you at home? J. Wilkes Booth."(7). According to Brown when he was testified, he found the note later that night …show more content…
(7) In the 1997 publication "Right or Wrong, God Judge Me" The Writings of John Wilkes Booth, it stated they met in Nashville, 1864 (7). Also another author made the claim they” kept a couple of sisters as mistresses and oftentimes were seen in each other 's company” in Hamilton Howard’s Civil War Echoes (1907 (7). Not only were these accusations interesting, but Ms. Lincoln even thought Johnson had something to do with the assassination of her husband (7). She wrote a letter to her friend Sally Orne in 1866 stating, "...that, that miserable inebriate Johnson, had cognizance of my husband 's death - Why, was that card of Booth 's, found in his box, some acquaintance certainly existed - I have been deeply impressed, with the harrowing thought, that he, had an understanding with the conspirators & they knew their man... As sure, as you & I live, Johnson had some hand, in all this...”
April 28th 2014
Early U.S History
Corey Wasserman
Assassination of Lincoln The United States 16th president, the great Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15th 1865. This Horrific act became the first assassination of any President in America’s history. What happened in Ford’s theater that night is still discussed today with conspiracy theories and unanswered questions. In such a crucial time of movement for society, we lost a leader who was taking steps for a better tomorrow. What was made out to be a fun night watching the performance of “Our American Cousin”, quickly would turn into one of the biggest man hunts in history. This thought out plan, was to cause the U.S government into disarray and was successfully executed. …show more content…
The biggest question of them all was Andrew Johnson involved with the assassination of Lincoln? Only seven hours before the shooting, Booth went to the Washington Hotel where Johnson was currently staying at (7). After the clerk at the front desk told Booth that Johnson and his secretary Browning wasn’t there, Booth wrote a note (7). The note stated “Don 't wish to disturb you Are you at home? J. Wilkes Booth."(7). According to Brown when he was testified, he found the note later that night …show more content…
(7) In the 1997 publication "Right or Wrong, God Judge Me" The Writings of John Wilkes Booth, it stated they met in Nashville, 1864 (7). Also another author made the claim they” kept a couple of sisters as mistresses and oftentimes were seen in each other 's company” in Hamilton Howard’s Civil War Echoes (1907 (7). Not only were these accusations interesting, but Ms. Lincoln even thought Johnson had something to do with the assassination of her husband (7). She wrote a letter to her friend Sally Orne in 1866 stating, "...that, that miserable inebriate Johnson, had cognizance of my husband 's death - Why, was that card of Booth 's, found in his box, some acquaintance certainly existed - I have been deeply impressed, with the harrowing thought, that he, had an understanding with the conspirators & they knew their man... As sure, as you & I live, Johnson had some hand, in all this...”