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Maryland
booth had visited the Bryantown tavernin southern Maryland -
sky
there was this ugly gray sky of the morning -
There was a plan
Booth and his henchman planned, like highway robbers, to ambush Lincolns carriage at gunpoint on a deserted road as he rode home to the executive mansions -
assassination was planned
the assassination was premeditated, planned for march 27, and the confederacy might be involved -
Capital city of confederate fell
Richmond, Virginia, capital city of the confederate states of america, fell to union forces -
Surrendered to union
Confederate general Robert E. Lee and the army of northern virginia surrendered to uniongeneral grant at appomattox. -
General Robert E. Lee surrenderd
Abraham Lincoln appeared at a second floor window of the Executive Mansion, as the white house was know then, to greet a crowd of citizens celebrating General Lee's surrender. -
torchligh parade
A torchlight parade of a few thousands people, with bands and banners, assembled on the semicircualar driveway in front te Executive Mansions -
violent talk
Lincoln's speech provoked more viloent talk. -
end of war
Washington celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city -
good friday
on good friday morning, john wilkes booth was depressed -
booth
booth assembled enoh men to accomplish another mission -
assassination
Stanton sent a request to the cheif of police in New York CIty, asking him to send his best detectives to assist in the investigation of the assassination -
Stanton had no idea
he hada no idea of Booth;s location or destination -
business
Thomas Jones appeared to go about his buisness as usual -
Thomas Jones
He witnessed the cavalry riding out of town on the news that the assassins had been spotted in another country -
maryland
they landed the boat at the mouth of a creek in maryland early in the morning -
monday
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd saw soldirs, too -
the sixteenth New York
the sixteenth New York Cavalry rode into Port Conway on Tuesday -
the clock ticked
the climactic event of the manhunt