William h seward assassination attempt
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865 murder in Washington, D.C., US
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John Wilkes Booth assassinating Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre. Drawing from glass-slide depiction c. 1865–75. | |
| Location | Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Date | April 14, 1865; 159 years ago (1865-04-14) 10:15 pm |
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| Perpetrators | John Wilkes Booth and co-conspirators |
| Motive | Revenge for the (then-recently) defeated Confederate States |
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play,[2] Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.[3] He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated.[4] His funeral and burial were marked by an extended period of national mourning.
Near the end of the American Civil War, Lincoln's assassination was part
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“Like the Scenes of Some Hideous Dream”: Lewis Powell’s Assassination Attempt on Secretary of State Seward
Almost every American is familiar with the incident that unfolded on the night of April 14, 1865, at Ford’s Theatre. However, many individuals are probably less familiar with the brutal attack that unfolded a mere six blocks away at the Seward residence around the same time Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. Both events left Washington’s citizens – and later the rest of the country – filled with raged, overcome with hysteria, and reeling in grief. Only days before, the country had been jubilantly celebrating the news of Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox.[1]
Knife-Wielding Madman
On April 14, around 10 p.m. a tall, well-dressed man rang at the door of Secretary of State William H. Seward’s home located in Lafayette Square. Seward’s servant, William Bell, answered. The unexpected visitor explained that Dr. Tullio S. Verdi, the Seward family physician, had sent him with a prescription for the Secretary of State. Seward had fractured his lowered jaw and right arm during a carriage accident on April 5. He remained bedridden and in agony ever since the mishap.[2]
The man proceeded up the stairs toward Steward’s bedroom, when he was confronted by Seward’s son
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