atzerodt has just concluded. the attack that booth outlined is to go into effect immediately. at 10:15 louis powell is to kill secretary of state seward in his home on lafayette square. david herold will guide powell out of the city via the navy yard bridge. george atzerodt is to kill vice president johnson at the kirkwood house hotel. the only change in the plan is that booth will not be attending aladdin at grover s. hello, john. he will kill lincoln at ford s theater. it s still early in act two. booth has calculated that the appointed time of 10:15 will fall at the beginning of act three of our american cousin and it will be an intermission between the acts. booth retrieves his horse from
over. and over again. will you be attending the theater tonight? aladdin is playing at grover s. no, sir, afraid not, sir. pity. there will be some fine acting there tonight. the officers could keep their silence. and what did you make for the common soldiers? i told them to go back to their homes and families with the promise to not again take up arms against the united states of america. quite simple. and quite right. which brings to mind how very providential it is that this rebellion was crushed just as congress has adjourned.
vice president johnson and booth will kill lincoln during the performance of aladdin at grover s theater. will little more than 24 hours to live, abraham lincoln rises at 7:00 a.m. and writes four brief messages including one instructing acts secretary of state frederick seward to call a cabinet meeting for 11:00 a.m. then joins his family at breakfast to find his eldest son robert just returned from witnessing the surrender at appommatox. uniform spotless ately, with a jeweled sword and shining spurs and general grant so shabby in a muddy blue uniform