A Summary Of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

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The famous assassination By Bronce Johnson Abraham Lincoln was a famous president who was assassinated because of his anti slavery views and disagreements with the confederate states. Why was he killed? Who did it? And what happened after? I am going to answer these questions and more throughout this essay. He was an enemy of the confederate states, John Wilkes Booth killed him and Andrew Johnson took presidency. Abraham was the leader of the north and led them during the civil war against the south. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated but certainly was not the last. President Lincoln was killed because the conspirators, like John Wilkes Booth, were angry at how the north fought the Civil War since the outcome was not good for them. General Ulysses S. Grant stopped the prisoner-of-war exchange toward the end of the war so that didn’t help Lincolns case either. Richmond, the capital of the south, was left by the union troops and on April 9th; Robert E. Lee and his men…show more content…
Since the vice president was Andrew Johnson he became presindent.12 days after the famous assassination on April 26, 1865 at 2 a.m. about twenty five men arrived at the farm that Booth was at along with his accomplice. Jack Garrett was one of the boys that lived there. He came out to tell the soldiers that the men they looking for are in the barn. The soldiers demanded that Booth come out and surrender but Booth says to come and get him. The soldiers light the barn on fire and one shoots Booth and the side of the neck. Booth does not survive the shot and dies from gunshot wound. Ironically Booth and Lincoln died from similar wounds. Lincoln was killed because he was didn’t believe in slavery and had enemy’s who disagreed with these beliefs. John Wilkes booth killed him in ford’s theatre. Booth ended up being shot and died as well. All in all America lost a great president that day. But he will always be

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