The Assassination of Lincoln
Dennis Lee Nowicki
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Bitter that the South was losing the war, and pro-slavery John Wilkes Booth plotted ways to grow the Confederacy In '64, he hatched a plan, Lincoln, he would kidnap Trade him for the South's POWs, keep slave states on the map The plan fell through, but then, Booth heard Lincoln's 'blacks can vote' speech And at that moment, he felt Lincoln's murder, within reach April 14th of '65, at Ford's Theater, he heard That Lincoln would attend a play that night, so passed the word Booth assembled his like-minded team for the killing Of Lincoln, Seward and VP Johnson, hate, all consuming Meanwhile, Mary Lincoln had lost two sons, still distraught Maybe going to a play might cheer Mary up, Abe thought That night, the three left for their deed, Lewis Powell stabbed Seward in bed Johnson's assassin, George Atzerodt decided to get drunk, instead Seward survived, but Booth, with gun and knife, he would proceed To the box where Abe and Mary would sit, clear, where his actions would lead No guard there, stood, Booth entered the box, and slowly, raised his gun Then, fired as a roar of laughter came, and knew his deed was done Lincoln collapsed and Booth prepared to jump onto the stage Was nearly stopped but slashed the arm of Rathbone in his rage Booth made his escape by horse as the next morning, Lincoln died Fled south for 12 days, soldiers found a barn he was inside 'Twas set ablaze when he remained, through the boards, by a soldier, was shot Dragged outside, in two hours, he died, so ends his evil plot
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