Assassination timeline.
Created by jeremystanosheck on Mar 5, 2011
Last updated: 03/05/11 at 08:26 PM
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John Wilkes Booth and David Herold were captured by the 16th cavalry of the Union Army at the Garrett's farm early in the morning. Booth and Herold were betrayed by the Garrett's who were hiding them initially, but then turned them in. Soldier Boston Corbett shot Booth and mortally wounded him while Herold surrendered.
http://wikimapia.org/9513670/Garrett-Farm-site-1865
Arrest of Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, her daughter, Anna, Lewis Weichmann, and the rest of the boarders at Mary Suratt's boarding house.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Surratt_Boarding_House
Lincoln passes away from his gunshot wound by Booth at 7:22 a.m. at the Petersen boarding house.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/petersens-boarding-house-washington
Assassination attempt of Seward at his home by Lewis Powell and David Herold while he was recovering from a carriage accident. His daughter Fanny, son Augustus and Frederick. Sergeant Robinson was also there. They tried to protect him and were able to save his life from Powell. Herold and Powell both escape the Seward home.
Assassination of Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on the night of April 14th. at 10:15 p.m.John Wilkes Booth escapes virtually unharmed.
http://www.fordstheatre.org/
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