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"Fondly do we hope..." Viewing from the stand was John Wilkes Booth.
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The North was celebrating the victory of the fall of Richmond. They celebrated with bonfires, fireworks, light shows, and gunshots. This was called the Great Illumination.
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Confederate Robert E. Lee Surrendered to Union General Grant at Appomattox.
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From the Executive Mansion President Lincoln asks the band to play the song "Dixie" to celebrate the victory from the Union of the Civil War
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Thousands of people gathered at the executive mansion driveway with banners and bands to celebrate the big news.
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"Booth heard the big news: In just eight hours, the man who was the subject of all his hating and plotting would stand on the very stone steps where he now sat" (Swanson 11)
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"The black powder charge exploded and spit the bullet towards lincoln's head" (Swanson 39).
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The cavalry arrives at Garrett's farm. They surround the barn and David Herold comes out. He surrenders himself and is arrested. The soldiers then proceed to burn the barn to flush out Booth. Just as Booth was about to come outside of the barn, he was shot through a crack in the barn in the neck, through his spinal column. He is carried to the porch. He says his final words. His pockets are emptied. His body is wrapped in a blanket and transported back to Washington by carriage.
