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7;22 a.m; as word spreads angry mobs gather in several nothern and occupied southern cities.
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10:13 pm: Booth shoots Lincoln in the head during a performance of "Our American Cousin". Booth breaks his leg, but escapes on horseback.
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10:15pm: Lewis Powell attacks Seward in his bed, slashing Seward's face and inflicting a serious wound. powell escapes out the front door of the house.
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On this Easter Sunday church services are packed with mourners dressed in black.
Booth and Herold are on the run. This is the first of five days they will spend in a pine thicket. -
Investigators recieved a tip that leads to the arrest of Lewis Powell, Seward's attacker. The same day, police also arrest Micheal O'Laughlen, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, and Mary Surratt.
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A funeral service is held for Lincoln at the White House. Thousands of Americans line the streets to watch the procession.
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Five days after Lincolns death, police still have not found Booth. Edwin Stanton offers a $100,000 reward. Around 10:30 pm, Booth and Herold attempt to row to Virginia, but they lose there way in the dark and are still in Maryland by morning.
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Lincoln's funeral train departs Washington and travels the country for 12 days while people mourn.
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Booth and Herold finally get to Virginia. three confederate soldiers help them cross the Rappahannock River, and the fugitives find shelter in a barn owned by Richard Garrett. In Maryland, authorities arrest Samuel Mudd, the doctor who set Booth's broken leg.
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Acting on tips, Union troops pursue the fugitives to the Garrett farm.
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Eight defendents stand trial for the assassination. Four will be found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. The remaining four will serve prison sentences at Fort Jefferson in Florida.
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Execution day. Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George atzerodt are hanged at the old Arsenal Prision in Washington D.C.
