John Wilkes Booth's Plan

By ConnorKnauff

  • #1 - Booth Receiving Letter

    Booth receives a letter at the theatre that Abraham Lincoln and friends were coming to the theatre to watch the silly comedy Our American Cousin.

  • #2 - Booth Sending Note

    Booth went to the Kirkwood House to send a note to vice president Johnson and ask if he was home.

  • #3 - Booth Visits Boarding House

    Booth visited a boardinghouse on H street to make a call to Mary Surratt to discuss where when and what he needed to carry out his plans.

  • #4 - Booth Makes Final Arrangements

    Booth finalizes his plans physically by preparing the weapons: .44 Calibur and the Rio Grande camp knife.

  • #6 - Booth Arrives At The Theatre

    Booth was hiding out in the shadows in front of the theatre ready to go in around 9:00 PM.

  • #9 - Booth Escapes

    Booth jumps from the stage after shooting Lincoln, yells a few words onstage, and then runs out of the theatre to his horse to ride away.

  • #5 - Booth Wrangles Up Conspirators

    Beginning at 8:00 PM, Booth sets up assignments for each of his conspirators for who would kill who. Booth would kill Lincoln, Powell would kill Seward, & Atzerodt would kill Johnson.

  • #7 - Booth Goes To The President's Box

    Booth enters the box Abraham Lincoln was sitting in and locks himself in with a board.

  • #8 - Booth Shoots Lincoln

    At 10:13 PM, Booth squeezes the trigger and shoots Lincoln behind the left ear. The bullet went through his skull and into his brain.