Lincoln's assassination conspiracy

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer. Booth orchestrated a conspiracy involving several accomplices who intended to kill key government officials to destabilize the U.S. after the Civil War. While Booth succeeded in killing Lincoln, his co-conspirators targeted others but failed. The assassination was part of a broader plan to revive the Confederate cause. Booth escaped but was pursued and killed by Union soldiers. The conspirators were captured, tried, and several were executed, highlighting the tensions and divisions that persisted in the nation post-war.