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Around late 1864, Booth planned to kidnap President Lincoln. He attempts to recruit accomplices. After, he would plan to ship Lincoln south
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John Wilkes Booth and his henchmen plans to kidnap Lincoln when his carriage came through, and they were going to take him hostage.
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The Civil War ends on April 9, 1865.
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At 8:00 PM, John Wilkes Booth meets with his conspirators to make a plan to kill President Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, and Secretary of State, WIlliam Seward.
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At 10:13 PM, John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln with a .44 caliber gun.
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Lincoln, Mary, Clara Harris, and Major Rathbone arrived at Ford's Theatre at 8:30 by carriage.
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Powell snuck into the Seward residence. Fending for his life, he slashed at the family with a knife. Fanny, Seward's daughter, helped save William Seward's life. Powell slashed Seward's face. Herold was waiting outside, but then left Powell to fend for himself. All in all, it was a bloody battle.
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After assassinating Lincoln, Booth escapes Ford's Theatre. On horseback, he races to the Navy Yard Bridge. There, he faces troubles trying to get across the bridge around 10:35-10:45 PM.
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Dr. Leale, who was present at the scene, tries to diagnose Lincoln. Fortunately, he gets him to breathe on his own. Soon after, Leale diagnoses Lincoln that he will not live longer.
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In the night, George Atzerdot is armed with a knife and six-shot revolver. He stays at the Kirkwood House. At the bar, he decides not to go through with the plan.
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Lincoln was carried by Dr. Leale and soldiers out of the theater somewhere more private. He was carried to William Petersen's brick house.
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On horseback, Herold and Booth race to Mary Surratt's Boardinghouse. There, they came to collect the items they left there.
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Dr. Leale's prognosis was that Lincoln was stable, but he would not live much longer.
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On April 15, 1865 at 7:22 AM, Abraham Lincoln died.
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When Lincoln was shipped to the Executive Mansion, the doctors wanted to do an autopsy to get the bullet out. Successfully, they got it out. Mary Todd Lincoln made a special request, to cut a lock of hair from Lincoln.
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Dr. Mudd gave Booth the names of two loyal Confederate people; William Burtles and Samuel Cox. He also gave them a route to take to get to Cox's house.
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At 1:10 AM on April 15, Edwin Stanton sent a request to the chief of New York City; asking him to send the best detectives to assist him with the manhunt.
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Booth and Herold reached the isolated farmhouse in the early hours of April 15, 1865. There, Dr. Mudd treats Booth's broken fibula. Meanwhile, Mudd doesn't know Booth assassinated the president.
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Tuesday April 18, the manhunters took Dr. Mudd in their custody.
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In Washington DC, on the morning of April 19, was the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Thousands of people/citizens showed up.
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In the early hours of April 20, in Maryland, detectives captured George Atzerdot at his cousin's house.
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Instead of going south, Booth and Herold went farther north then they were suppose to. Therefore, they landed at the mouth of a creek.
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On April 23, after nine days Booth and Herold landed on Virginia soil.
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The Sixteenth New York Calvary rode into Port Conway in the late afternoon to pursue the assassins.
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At the Garrett Farm, Herold surrendered to the cavalry because he thought he would get released since he didn't do anything bad.
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Around 12:30AM, Boston Corbett shot John Wilkes Booth in the neck. A few hours later, Booth died at the Garrett Farm.
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July 7, 1865 at 1:26 PM; Mary Surratt, David Herold, Lewis Powell, and George Atzerdot dropped to their deaths.
