The Death Plot

March 20th 1865
Some of the confederacy supporters planned to kidnap Lincoln and bring him to Richmond the capital of confederacy.

However, it was a failure, since the president didn't appear as the plan.

Two weeks after the plan, Richmond was taken over by the Union Army.

April 14th 1865
The President was scheduled to attend a show in the Ford's Theater, in Washington DC.

One of the confederacy supporters, John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor planned the killing.

At that day, John was killed in the Ford's Theater, the place where president Lincoln went to.