Chasing Lincoln s Killer Chapter 4 In the end, it s not the years in your life that count. It s the life in your years. It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one s mouth and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln
Communication Newspapers, postcards, telegraph messages, mail couriers, messenger pigeons, and letters were all forms of communication used in the 1860 s. People were able to share news by using any of these sources.
Mastermind John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln Lewis Powell Seward House Attacker George Atzerodt Vice- President Johnson David Herold Seward House Accomplice Mary Surratt Delivered package to tavern and instructed to get guns/supplies ready for pick up
coagulate Leale s fingers probed for the source of the blood and found it behind the left ear: a neat, round hole, about the diameter of a man s fingertip, clotted with a plug of coagulated blood. (p. 68) to change or cause to change from a liquid to a thickened mass
manipulate To draw life-sustaining oxygen into the lungs, Leale pressed Lincoln s chest and ordered two men to manipulate Lincoln s arms like levers on a water pump. (p. 68) to operate with the hands, especially in a skillful way This is an antique water pump. Leale told the men to basically lift Lincoln s arm the way they would lift up and push down the long lever on the water pump. Do you see the lever on this pump? --------------------
oblivion Other great actresses from the nineteenth-century American theater have faded into oblivion while Laura Keene is remembered for a single unscripted act that took place over a few minutes in the box at Ford s on April 14, 1865. (p. 73) a state of being forgotten Laura Keene was an actress in Our American Cousin. She has not faded into oblivion.
gouged Even the brief carriage ride between Ford s and the White House over unpaved, muddy streets, gouged with ruts and tracks from hundreds of carriage wheels, would be too much for Lincoln to endure. (p. 73) to cut or dig out causing a groove or hole Gouged wheel ruts. Do you see the ridges in the mud?
Ford s Theater
Booth escaping Ford s Theater chased by only Army Major Joseph Stewart.
East on F Street past Herndon House Past Patent Office on left and Post Office on right Then onto Pennsylvania Ave Through Capital Grounds and To Navy Yard Bridge to Maryland
Booth s Escape Route
Seward House Lewis Powell William Seward
Ford s Theater US Army Surgeon Charles Leale A national treasure for all Americans, Ford's Theater is a 19th century structure located on 10th street in Washington, D. C.. It is a living tribute to President Abraham Lincoln s love of the performing arts. The building was founded in 1833 as the First Baptist Church of Washington. In 1861, the congregation leased it to John T. Ford, an extremely successful theatrical entrepreneur from Baltimore. He converted the church into a music hall called Ford's Athenaeum." But, a fire destroyed the building in 1862. It was reconstructed in the following year as "Ford's New Theater." The first performance in the new venue took place on August 27, 1863.
Kirkwood House George Atzerodt The Kirkwood House, once named the Fuller Hotel, was built in 1847. It was the home of Andrew Johnson. After Lincoln s assassination, Johnson took the Presidential Oath of Office in Aoril, 1865 at the Kirkwood House. Vice-President Andrew Johnson
Ford s Theater Laura Keene s blood stained dress
John Wilkes Booth
Ford s Theater
Lincoln being carried lifeless to Peterson House The Petersen House is a 19th-century federal style row house located at 516 10th Street NW in Washington, D.C. On April 15, 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln died here after being shot the previous evening at Ford's Theater, which was located across the street. The house was built in 1849 by William A. Petersen, a German tailor, which Is how the house got its name.