Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Timeline
By: Lillian Weitz
November
9th, 1864
March 17th,
1865
March
4th, 1865
April 7th,
1865
April 3rd,
1865
April 9th,
1865
April 8th,
1865
April 11th,
1865
April 10th,
1865
April 14th,
1865
April 13th,
1865
April 16th,
1865
April 15th,
1865
April 26,
1865
April 25th, April
1865
27th, 1865
November
th
9 ,
1865
Booth goes to Maryland and meets Dr. Mudd for the
first time (Pg. 96).
Mudd then brought Booth to D.C and introduced him
to John Harrison Surratt (Pg.96).
John Harrison Surratt
March
th
4 ,
1865
Lincoln is inaugurated for the second time (Pg.1).
John Wilkes Booth attends Lincoln’s inauguration
(Pg.1).
Lincoln’s Second Inauguration
March
th
17 ,
1865
The National Hotel
Booth and his conspirators plan to ambush Lincoln’s
carriage at gun point, the first plan to kill the Union
government (Pg. 24).
This plan was not executed because Lincoln never
came down the road they were stationed to ambush on
the night planned (Pg. 24).
Instead Lincoln was giving a speech at the hotel Booth
was staying at (Pg.24).
April
rd
3 ,
1865
Richmond As It Fell
Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, falls to the
Union army (Pg. 2).
The Confederate States of America are now collapsing
completely (Pg.2).
April
th
7 ,
1865
Booth is at a bar in D.C with one of his friends (Pg. 5).
He complains about not having killed Lincoln yet since
he had the chance on Lincoln’s inauguration day (Pg.
5).
April
th
8 ,
1865
Booth leaves New York City and goes back to D.C
where he spent a lot of his acting career (Pg. 5).
He leaves after being devastated by the fall of
Richmond (Pg. 5).
John Wilkes Booth
April
th
9 ,
1865
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House, VA (Pg. 5).
In result of Lee’s surrender, John Wilkes Booth
wanders the streets of D.C in absolute despair (Pg. 5).
Lee’s Surrender At Appomattox
April
th
10 ,
1865
Lincoln appears at the Executive Mansion (White
House) and talks to the crowd that has formed on the
front lawn, all celebrating the fall of Richmond (Pg. 5).
Lincoln hadn't had a speech or anything prepared, so
he entertains the crowd through humor (Pg. 5).
Abraham Lincoln
April
th
11 ,
1865
Lincoln give the official speech celebrating the Union’s
victory in the capture of Richmond (Pg. 7).
He also holds a big elaborate parade with banners and
bands to celebrate on the same night (Pg. 7).
Executive Mansion In 1865
April
th
13 ,
1865
D.C holds the grand illumination in celebration of the
fall of the capital of the Confederacy (Pg. 8).
All the buildings in the city are adorned with lights,
and so was the sky thanks to the fireworks that were lit
off during the illumination also (Pg. 8).
Washington D.C
April
th
14 ,
1865
The Confederacy is officially dead (Pg. 9-11).
Booth finds out that Lincoln is coming to Ford’s Theatre (Pg. 9-11).
Booth goes to visit Mary Surratt in Maryland (Pg. 15-16).
There he gives Mary a package to deliver and he had her hold some guns, ammo, and others that he was to pick up
later (Pg. 15-16).
Booth shoots Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre at around 10:30p.m (Pg. 39-45).
Booth then jumps off the balcony and has his last words on a stage “Sic Semper Tyrannis!!” Virginia’s state motto
meaning ‘Thus Always To Tyrants’ (Pg. 39-45).
Lewis Powell attempts to murder a sick Seward by means of a stab wound with a knife (Pg. 47-59)
Powell doesn't’t succeed due to the other people in Seward’s room at the time((Pg. 47-59).
Booth escapes over a bridge that leads to Maryland by fooling Cobb who was guarding it (Pg. 63-64).
George Atzerodt fails to kill Andrew Johnson and instead drinks in the lobby of Johnson’s hotel (Pg. 69).
Lincoln Finally dies from the gunshot wound in his head, while Booth runs in Maryland trying to find a safe
haven. (Pg. 66-77).
April
th
15 ,
1865
Stanton sends a request to the chief of police in New
York City (Pg. 89).
He asks him to send out his best detectives to help
investigate the assassination (Pg. 89).
April
th
16 ,
1865
Luther Bryon Baker receives a telegram telling
Lafayette that Booth and Herold had been seen
crossing the river (Pg. 156).
However, this was proven somewhat false because two
men had crossed the river except they weren’t Booth
and Herold (Pg. 156).
April
th
25 ,
1865
Booth discusses the assassination with his hosts at the
time, the Garrets, and still maintains his façade of
being a confederate soldier (Pg. 159).
He then leaves in fear of suspicions, and he heads for
Virginia where he would be safe (Pg. 159).
April
th
26 ,
1865
Booth gets shot in a tobacco barn and later dies of the
gun shot in his upper neck (Pg. 177).
The twelve day chase for Lincoln’s killer and his
conspirators is over (Pg. 177).
Booth Being Dragged From The Tobacco Barn
April
th
27 ,
1865
Some of Booths conspirators get hung one by one, all
in a row.
The ones being hung were David Herold, George
Atzerodt, Lewis Powell, and Mary Surratt.
The Hanging Of Booth’s Conspirators