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booth had a different plan before he would kidnap the president and take him to richmond and hold him hostage for the confederacy to win the the war for the south.
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booth had heard that lincoln was coming to ford's theatre
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after booth had heard he knew exactly what to do
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booth had known the layout of fords theater and were lincoln would step out of his carriage lincoln's spot in the box and the underground passageway beneath the stage
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booth had approached the front desk and wrote a brief note and handed it to the clerk to put into johnsons mail slot
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booth would stop at the tavern and pick up his package and other supplies like guns that had already been hidden there
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the weapon the booth had chosen was a 44 caliber single shot and he had also had a knife
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when booth made his plan he had a backup plan he had implicated all of his conspirators put it in a note and gave it to a fellow actor as a back up plan
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"he had simple instructions he gave to his henchman invade the house locate the secretary of the state bedroom and kill the defenceless victim with a pistol or a knife if you have to"