Lincoln Wasn't the Only Target

The video discusses the conspiracy led by John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Lincoln. Initially, Booth and his group planned to kidnap Lincoln but shifted to assassination after the Confederate surrender. Booth successfully killed Lincoln at Ford's Theater, but his co-conspirators failed in their attempts to kill other officials. George Atzerodt, tasked with killing Vice President Johnson, lost his nerve, while Lewis Powell's attempt on Secretary of State Seward was unsuccessful. Both Atzerodt and Powell were later charged and sentenced to hang.

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