Period 9 CSI: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth

• Planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson

• Doctor who set Lincoln's killer's leg without asking any questions. Alleged cconspirator.

• Planned to destory the Northern govenerment and killed Lincoln

• Secretary of State

George Atzerodt

• Planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson

• Doctor who set Lincoln's killer's leg without asking any questions. Alleged cconspirator.

• Planned to destory the Northern govenerment and killed Lincoln

• Secretary of State

Lewis Powell

• The son of secretery of State

• Owned a boarding home where the conspirators met

• Knew the area well and acted as a guide for fellow conspirators

• Tried to kill the Secretary of State

William Seward

• President

• Secretery of State

• Vice President

• former confederate soldier who turned in Booth

Samuel Mudd

• Helped an injured Booth in the middle of the night and asked no questions. It was alleged he was a part of the plan all along

• Helped authorities capture Booth after he pretended to help him fix his leg but really notified authorities that he was there.

• Northern journalist that reported on the death of Abraham Lincoln and was murdered for exposing the conspiracy

• He did not play a role in the death of Lincoln or the conspiracy to kill northern leaders

Willie Jett

• Owned a boarding home and hosted meetings

• Heard two men bragging about killing Lincoln and sent them to a farm, he later told police where to find the men.

• Stabbed William Seward many times but did not kill him

• Planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson but instead got nervous and drunk and fled the scene

• Vice President of the United States

Andrew Johnson

• Secretary of State

• Planned to kill the Vice President

• President of the confederacy

• Became president after Lincoln was killed

Mary Surratt

• Held meetings in her boarding house and delivered a gun to Booth

• Married to Abraham Lincoln

• Heard two men bragging about killing Lincoln and sent them to a farm

• Tried to kill secretary of state William Seward

David Herold

• President

• Held meetings at boarding house to help conpirators

• Detective in charge of investigation to find Lincoln's killer

• Acted as a guide for conspirators since he knew the area well

Abraham Lincoln

• was killed during play "Taming of the Shrew"

• was killed during play "Le Vie"

• was killed during play "Our American Cousin"

• was killed during play "Yankee Doodle Dandee"