Today’s Questions How, where, when, and why was Abraham Lincoln assassinated? What happened to Lincoln’s assassin and his conspirators? How did Lincoln’s death affect the US and Reconstruction?

The Effects of Lincoln’s Assassination

What was in Lincoln’s Pockets

Reactions Lincoln was seen as a hero and martyr for the Union, liberty, and freedom Religious comparisons Moses Christ (both killed on Good Friday) Northerners united Many wanted revenge and harsh punishments against the rebels This was opposite of what Lincoln wanted Few Southerners agreed with Booth’s views and actions

Reactions O Captain! My Captain! What event(s) in American history is this poem about? Who is the Captain? What does the ship represent? What is the fearful trip? What is the prize sought for?

Trial of Conspirators Special military commission Listen to evidence and determine punishment for each conspirator Death by hanging Hard Labor (Life) in Prison

Charges George Atzerodt – conspiracy (in charge of killing Vice President Andrew Johnson) Lewis Powell - conspiracy and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William Seward

Charges David Herold - conspiracy, guiding Paine to Seward's home, and assisting Booth during his 12 days on the run after the assassination Mary Surratt - conspiracy, "keeping the nest that hatched the egg," and running errands for Booth that helped him escape

Charges Ned Spangler - helping Booth escape from Ford's Theatre Dr. Samuel Mudd - conspiracy and aiding the semi-crippled assassin during his escape

Charges Sam Arnold - conspiracy to kidnap President Lincoln Michael O'Laughlen - conspiracy to kidnap President Lincoln

“To be hanged by the neck until he [or she] be dead” George Azerodt Lewis Powell David Herold Mary Surratt Ned Spangler Dr. Samuel Mudd Sam Arnold Michael O’Laughlen

“To be hanged by the neck until he [or she] be dead” Lewis Powell (Paine or Payne) Mary Suratt George Atzerodt David Herold

July 7, 1865

July 7, 1865

died of yellow fever in prison September 1867 Hard Labor Michael O’Laughlen died of yellow fever in prison September 1867 Sam Arnold pardoned by Andrew Johnson in February 1869 Dr. Samuel Mudd Edman “Ned” Spangler

The Lincoln Special Lincoln's flag-draped coffin was borne slowly westward from Washington to Springfield where he was finally buried on May 4, three weeks after he was shot in Ford's theater. Along the way Lincoln's open casket was made available for public viewing in eleven different cities, including Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Chicago, where it was viewed by more than one and a half million Americans. Lincoln's hearse or coffin had been looked upon by at least seven million mourners, counting those gathered in parades and city streets or alongside railroad tracks, a number representing more than a third of the population of the entire North. Officials of Richmond, Indiana, estimated its mourners at 15,000 a number greater than the city's population at 3:15 AM!

Mary Todd Lincoln 3 of her 4 sons died before age 19 Afraid of being poor and alone after President Lincoln died Spent 4 months in mental asylum in 1875

Complete your circle map about Lincoln’s assassination by adding the new, important, and/or interesting information you have learned over the last two periods.