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Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865) was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's Rangers before working with the Confederate Secret Service in Maryland.
May 28, 2024 · Booth tasked Lewis Powell, a tall and powerful former Confederate soldier, with the attack on Seward, to be aided by David Herold. George Atzerodt, a German immigrant who had acted as a boatman for Confederate spies, was to kill Johnson. Booth himself was to assassinate Lincoln.
- The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, took place at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of...
- Abraham Lincoln was attending a performance of the comedy, Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theatre, when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth in the bac...
- John Wilkes Booth, a member of one of the United States’ most distinguished acting families of the 19th century, was the assassin who killed U.S. P...
- John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators planned to assassinate not just President Abraham Lincoln but also Vice President Andrew Johnson and...
- Eight conspirators were tried by a military commission for Abraham Lincoln’s murder. David Herold, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt...
Lewis Thornton Powell was a conspirator who gained notoriety during the American Civil War when he became involved in the plot to assassinate the President, Abraham Lincoln, and William H. Seward, the American Secretary of State.
Lewis Thornton Powell (alias "Lewis Paine") 21 years old, Powell was a former Confederate soldier with the 2nd Florida Infantry who was wounded and captured at the battle of Gettysburg. After recovering from his wounds, he escaped and joined Mosby’s Rangers in Virginia.
May 10, 2015 · In his attempt to murder Secretary William Seward, Lewis Powell would inflict serious injuries on eight people, including four of Seward's children, a bodyguard, and a messenger.
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The court sentenced four suspects, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt, to be hanged, and Dr. Samuel Mudd, Michael O’Laughlin, Samuel Arnold, and Edman Spangler to prison. In 1904 the War Department transferred to the Smithsonian the hoods, shackles, and prison keys associated with the imprisonment of Lincoln’s ...
Apr 8, 2023 · Lewis Powell was just 21 years old when he conspired with John Wilkes Booth and several others to plot the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward in an effort to topple the U.S. government.
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