Appomattox surrender- 149th anniversary

[JMadonna]

(04-11-2014 10:31 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  

(04-10-2014 10:35 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  And after this event, the Booth plot to take Lincoln for ransom will become an assassination plan.

I think the straw that broke the camel's back was AL's speech from a window of the WH on April 11 1865, suggesting that former slaves who had served in the Union armies be granted the vote . Booth and Lewis Powell were in the crowd that night and Booth reportedly snapped "[i]Did you hear him?! He is talking about n----r citizenship! That is the last speech he will ever make..by God I'll put him through!" He urged Powell to shoot the president right then and there on the spot, but Powell refused.

I believe THAT was the moment that sealed Lincoln's fate.

As far as the Booth plot was concerned, I would agree. But he was not the only plot in town. Remember, 'If he didn't get him the NY crowd would'.

This 'team' was sent from Canada when George N. Sanders stepped into the leadership vacuum after the fall of Richmond.