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==Ford's Theater==

==Ford's Theater==

[[Image:Fords-Theater.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ford's Theater; the black crepe went up almost immediately after Lincoln's death.]]  

[[Image:Fords-Theater.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ford's Theater; the black crepe went up almost immediately after Lincoln's death.]]

[[Image:Our American Cousin.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Playbill for ''Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865]]  

[[Image:Fords Theater box.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The President's Box]]  

[[Image:L keene.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Actress Laura Keene]]  

[[Image:Our American Cousin.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Playbill for ''Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865]]  

[[Image:L keene.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Actress Laura Keene]]

[[File:001linc.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Booth on the stage at Ford's Theater, immediately after shooting the president.]]  

On Friday, April 14, Booth learned that the president, his wife, and guests General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and wife Julia would be attending the performance of [[Our American Cousin]].  Giving his men their orders, Powell was to kill Secretary of State [[William Seward|William H. Seward]] at his home, and Atzerodt was to kill Vice-President [[Andrew Johnson]] in his hotel room; Booth wanted the glory of killing Lincoln himself.

On Friday, April 14, Booth learned that the president, his wife, and guests General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and wife Julia would be attending the performance of [[Our American Cousin]].  Giving his men their orders, Powell was to kill Secretary of State [[William Seward|William H. Seward]] at his home, and Atzerodt was to kill Vice-President [[Andrew Johnson]] in his hotel room; Booth wanted the glory of killing Lincoln himself.

While the audience reeled with laughter, a gunshot was heard in the box.  Then the audience looked up to see a young man leap out and land awkwardly on the stage, brandishing a knife, and shouting to the audience ''“Sic semper tyrannis!”'' before escaping across the stage.  Major Rathbone, his left arm bloodied from the dagger, leaned out of the box yelling “Stop that man!” to no avail.  Booth would exit the back of the building, mount his horse, and escape out of the city.

While the audience reeled with laughter, a gunshot was heard in the box.  Then the audience looked up to see a young man leap out and land awkwardly on the stage, brandishing a knife, and shouting to the audience ''“Sic semper tyrannis!”'' before escaping across the stage.  Major Rathbone, his left arm bloodied from the dagger, leaned out of the box yelling “Stop that man!” to no avail.  Booth would exit the back of the building, mount his horse, and escape out of the city.

 

Inside it was pandemonium.  Mary Lincoln had been screaming.  Charles A. Leale, a 23 year-old surgeon who was employed by the [[Army]] hospital and familiar with gunshot wounds, was in the audience that night and was the first doctor on the scene.  Running his hands through Lincoln’s hair, he discovered a half-inch hole in the back of his head, whereby Leale pushed his little finger in and removed a clot, relieving pressure on the brain.  Together with the assistance of another doctor, Charles S. Taft, they managed to get the president breathing on his own, but it was already obvious to them that the wound was fatal.

Inside it was pandemonium.  Mary Lincoln had been screaming.  Charles A. Leale, a 23 year-old surgeon who was employed by the [[Army]] hospital and familiar with gunshot wounds, was in the audience that night and was the first doctor on the scene.  Running his hands through Lincoln’s hair, he discovered a half-inch hole in the back of his head, whereby Leale pushed his little finger in and removed a clot, relieving pressure on the brain.  Together with the assistance of another doctor, Charles S. Taft, they managed to get the president breathing on his own, but it was already obvious to them that the wound was fatal.