The Assassination Of President Abraham Lincoln: A Subject In History

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Lincoln Assassination The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln is a subject that has always interested me because it was one of the biggest changes to happen in history. By researching it I have learned many things that I did not even know until now. I had always thought that John Wilkes Booth had acted alone but instead he had a few other guys that were going along with his plan. These other guys were suppose to kill two other people that same night but one guy got drunk and backed out and the other one stabbed the guy but he ended up living through it. In my previous research of this topic I had never read about anyone else being convicted for the assassination or for helping with it but I found out that four people were hung for…show more content…
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 2011. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1762443/assassination-of-Abraham- Lincoln.> Harris, Wesley. America's Civil War. 2nd ed. Vol. 18. Color Photograph, 2005.EBSCOhost. Web. 27 Nov. 2011. <http://http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid>. Knupfer, Peter. "Abraham Lincoln, assassination of." In Campell, Ballard C., Ph.D., gen. ed. Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2008. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=DACH0060&SingleRecord=True (accessed November 21, 2011). Phillips, Charles. "A Day to Remember: April 14, 1865." American History Vol. 40 No. 1. April 2005: 20-24. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Nov 2011. Plummer, Mark A. "Surrender at Appomattox and Assassination of Lincoln." Great Events from History: The Nineteenth Century. Ed. John Powell. Salem Press, 2007. Salem History Web. 28 Nov. 2011. Suppiger, Joseph E. "Abraham Lincoln." Great Lives from History: The Nineteenth Century. Ed. John Powell. 4 vols. Salem Press, 2007. Salem History Web. 28 Nov.
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