John Wilkes Booth's Assassination
After a twelve day chase for Lincoln’s killer, it was finally over. Resulting in the capture and death of the actor and Confederate John Wilkes Booth as the rising sun came to the horizon and colored the eastern sky. It all started with John WIlkes Booth,David Herold, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd,Sergeant Boston Corbett, Edward Doherty, Luther Baker, Everton Conger, Richard Garrett, Captain Cox, George Atzerodt and many more. They all had a big role in John Wilkes Booth’s death and attempt to keep hidden.
After the assassination, John Wilkes Booth needed people and friends of the Confederate to rely on the keep him hidden from Lafayette Baker and his trusted manhunters. George Atzerodt was the man that gave all of Booth’s plans and hiding spots without
having force applied to tell. The first person he went to was Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, a doctor who helped Booth's leg, housed him and David Herold, fed them, and sent them to Captain Cox who then led them to Thomas Jones. Jones was a Confederate Secret Service veteran who spent his life getting to really know everything about Maryland and Virginia. He led them to Maryland where they met Richard Garrett who kept them on his farm in the barn. On Garrett's farm in his barn Booth and Herold were sleeping quietly when they heard a bang from Sergeant Boston Corbett, Edward Doherty, Luther Baker, and Everton Conger. After a negotiation Herold came out of the barn, Booth was furious and called him a coward but how could Booth say that when Herold was loyal and never told on Booth. Herold thought so much of his so called friend until now. Booth still wouldn’t come out of the barn so it was burnt down and one of the sides opened. Scared for the safety of himself and his men Sergeant Boston Corbett shot, aimed, then fired. His shot hit Booth right in the neck killing him in only a matter of minutes.
John WIlkes Booth states that he did is simply because he didn't like the new laws President Lincoln was trying to pass. Personally I think he did it all for the fame, sure he didn't like the President’s ways but, more than anything he wanted to make some kind of history and to be a hero but, he was no hero to many.
When Booth thought and kind of knew he was going to get caught he was worried about his appearance to the whole country. Not just people thinking why would he do this but, he was worried about his physical appearance. He wanted to make history as the assassin of President Lincoln but, he really wanted to be known for his physical appearance in the newspaper when he got caught. After being shot by Boston Corbett he sat there lying on the ground paralyzed he said “ Tell my mother I fight for my country”. After calling doctors and trying to save Booth there was no recovery for him. As he looked at his hands he said “Useless” “Useless” and moments later he breathed his last breath and was dead. His last performance was his death on Tuesday, APril 25 after 12:30 am in the early morning on Richard Garrett’s from inside the barn.
After the assassination, John Wilkes Booth needed people and friends of the Confederate to rely on the keep him hidden from Lafayette Baker and his trusted manhunters. George Atzerodt was the man that gave all of Booth’s plans and hiding spots without
having force applied to tell. The first person he went to was Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, a doctor who helped Booth's leg, housed him and David Herold, fed them, and sent them to Captain Cox who then led them to Thomas Jones. Jones was a Confederate Secret Service veteran who spent his life getting to really know everything about Maryland and Virginia. He led them to Maryland where they met Richard Garrett who kept them on his farm in the barn. On Garrett's farm in his barn Booth and Herold were sleeping quietly when they heard a bang from Sergeant Boston Corbett, Edward Doherty, Luther Baker, and Everton Conger. After a negotiation Herold came out of the barn, Booth was furious and called him a coward but how could Booth say that when Herold was loyal and never told on Booth. Herold thought so much of his so called friend until now. Booth still wouldn’t come out of the barn so it was burnt down and one of the sides opened. Scared for the safety of himself and his men Sergeant Boston Corbett shot, aimed, then fired. His shot hit Booth right in the neck killing him in only a matter of minutes.
John WIlkes Booth states that he did is simply because he didn't like the new laws President Lincoln was trying to pass. Personally I think he did it all for the fame, sure he didn't like the President’s ways but, more than anything he wanted to make some kind of history and to be a hero but, he was no hero to many.
When Booth thought and kind of knew he was going to get caught he was worried about his appearance to the whole country. Not just people thinking why would he do this but, he was worried about his physical appearance. He wanted to make history as the assassin of President Lincoln but, he really wanted to be known for his physical appearance in the newspaper when he got caught. After being shot by Boston Corbett he sat there lying on the ground paralyzed he said “ Tell my mother I fight for my country”. After calling doctors and trying to save Booth there was no recovery for him. As he looked at his hands he said “Useless” “Useless” and moments later he breathed his last breath and was dead. His last performance was his death on Tuesday, APril 25 after 12:30 am in the early morning on Richard Garrett’s from inside the barn.