Gavin Willingham
November 27, 2005
Mr. Ward
American History H
The Unknowns of the Death of Abraham Lincoln
In the book The Day Lincoln Was Shot by Jim Bishop the accounts of the before and after are explained in a gripping suspense novel. Lincoln meets with his cabinet and lifts the blockade that has been enforced on the South. John Wilkes Booth and many conspirators plan the kidnap of Abraham Lincoln to regain the control of the South. Once Richmond fell and Lee was forced to surrendered plans were immediately changed. John Wilkes Booth felt there was nothing left to do but kill the president to restore power to the South. Abraham Lincoln plans to attend a new play, Our American Cousin, with his wife. A point is brought up in the book that Lincoln might have known about his assassination before it happened. Lincoln may have had a dream of him getting murdered and known before it ever happened. The book goes on to explain that the plot was not to just kill Lincoln but also......
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