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Killing Lincoln


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Details General Grant's military strategies leading to the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, emphasizing the Union's decisive victory and Lee's eventual surrender at Appomattox. Simultaneously, it follows John Wilkes Booth's escalating hatred for Lincoln and his meticulous planning of the assassination, involving co-conspirators like Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt, who were tasked with killing Secretary of State William Seward and Vice President Andrew Johnson, respectively. The account culminates in Booth's successful shooting of Lincoln at Ford's Theatre and the subsequent frantic manhunt for the conspirators, while also touching upon the immediate aftermath of Lincoln's death and the ongoing investigations into a broader conspiracy, including the controversial role of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and Lafayette Baker.

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