1. Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
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Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

2. Lincoln Assassination

3. John Wilkes Booth An actor and strong Confederate supporter
Grew tired of acting and worked for an underground Confederate network
Hated Lincoln because he believed he was a tyrant and planned on punishing the South after the Civil War

4. The Plot Booth 1st planned to kidnap Lincoln and bring him to Richmond
Just happened to pick up his paycheck at Ford’s theatre and heard that Lincoln was attending a play there that night
Him and 2 other accomplices planned to kill Lincoln, Secretary of State William Seward, and Vice President Andrew Johnson

5. April 14, 1865
President Lincoln and his wife Mary went to Ford’s Theatre in D.C. to see the play “My American Cousin”
Booth came up to Lincoln’s balcony and shot him behind the left ear
Booth jumped from the balcony onto the stage, broke his ankle and shouted “Sic semper tyrannis”=“Thus always to tyrants”

7. Aftermath William Seward was injured, but not killed
The man in charge of killing Johnson chickened out
Booth escaped but was found 12 days later and accidentally shot and killed by a Union soldier

8. Lincoln’s Death After being shot, Lincoln was taken across the street
Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, ordered the manhunt of Booth
Lincoln died the morning after he was shot