The Assassination Of President Lincoln Analysis
The Assassination of President Lincoln
By: Amelia Austin
April 28, 2013
History 301
Dr. Brian Craig Miller
The Assassination of President Lincoln
The day is April 14, 1865, a day the world will always remember! Abraham Lincoln was the first American President to have been assassinated. In the dynamics of the unfolding events leading to the assassination of “President Lincoln,” there seem to be a magnitude of people that would rather have seen the President dead than alive. In the analysis; “The most extreme wanted Lincoln dead and his supporters terrorized into silence.” ( Pitch, Page 1) Lincoln having been responsible for saving the Union alongside being named the “Great Emancipator” he succeeded the backlash of the ones whom was not in favor of his constitutional objectives towards his paradox political views! Throughout his four years in office, the United States would see change… change that some could not bear to witness to. Unfortutuntly in the end, there was one person who could not pardon the President for the culture shock that was handed down to the South. John …show more content…
Booth’s first attempt would be scheming up an old college acquaintance Michael O’Laughlin along with Samuel Arnold- asking them both to assist him, needless to say it was not a success. Overtime Booth not giving up…the year 1864, Booth receives a letter from Patrick Martin a prominent physician from Charles County and Dr Samuel Mudd and Dr William Queen. “Both were slaveholding farmers with sentiments rigidly favoring the South. They would be in a position to offer aid and comfort to Booth during the projected flight from Washington to Virginia. They also would be useful in widening Booth’s circle of associates by introducing him to other dependable Charles County residents with like political prejudice.” ( Pitch. Page
By: Amelia Austin
April 28, 2013
History 301
Dr. Brian Craig Miller
The Assassination of President Lincoln
The day is April 14, 1865, a day the world will always remember! Abraham Lincoln was the first American President to have been assassinated. In the dynamics of the unfolding events leading to the assassination of “President Lincoln,” there seem to be a magnitude of people that would rather have seen the President dead than alive. In the analysis; “The most extreme wanted Lincoln dead and his supporters terrorized into silence.” ( Pitch, Page 1) Lincoln having been responsible for saving the Union alongside being named the “Great Emancipator” he succeeded the backlash of the ones whom was not in favor of his constitutional objectives towards his paradox political views! Throughout his four years in office, the United States would see change… change that some could not bear to witness to. Unfortutuntly in the end, there was one person who could not pardon the President for the culture shock that was handed down to the South. John …show more content…
Booth’s first attempt would be scheming up an old college acquaintance Michael O’Laughlin along with Samuel Arnold- asking them both to assist him, needless to say it was not a success. Overtime Booth not giving up…the year 1864, Booth receives a letter from Patrick Martin a prominent physician from Charles County and Dr Samuel Mudd and Dr William Queen. “Both were slaveholding farmers with sentiments rigidly favoring the South. They would be in a position to offer aid and comfort to Booth during the projected flight from Washington to Virginia. They also would be useful in widening Booth’s circle of associates by introducing him to other dependable Charles County residents with like political prejudice.” ( Pitch. Page