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Hands On History of the American Civil War, Monday, Period 2
"We've given up on movies," Nathan announced, because before he even said hello to the class today, that seemed like something that was important to say right up front. "At least when it comes to Lincoln. This week, we're going to just talk. I'm sure you were all starting to miss our lectures, anyway."
Come on, Nathan. How could anybody miss your lectures when they had such quality entertainment to fill the void?
"Who doesn't enjoy our fine rambles on the past?" Goodnight added brightly. "Today, the topic is on the first--well, and only for us--president to be murdered while in office. A mere five days after the surrender of Lee's forces, a man crept up behind the president while he watched a play and shot him."
"The man was a stage actor - a fairly well-known one, at that - by the name of John Wilkes Booth," Nathan added. "He was hoping that, in killing Lincoln, his actions would revive the Confederate cause."
Yeah, Goody was just rubbing his forehead at that one. "Ah, yes. I understand that even to this day it is hard to let go of the cause."
And he was judging you for it, weirdo neo-confederates. He was judging you harshly.
"Now, Lincoln wasn't the only target of this plot. Both the Secretary of State and Vice President were targeted, but those attempts ended in a wounding and case of cold feet respectively."
"The search for Booth," Nathan noted, "was the largest manhunt in American history, with more than ten-thousand federal troops on the hunt, not to mention countless civilians. You don't murder a President with impunity, and the price that was put on Booth's head, $100,000, was roughly the equivalent of one and a half million dollars today."
"A wide net of conspirators were apprehended and tried along with the would-be and the one actual assassin. Well," Goody hesitated. "The ones who weren't killed by their pursuers."
"Booth didn't live long enough to see a trial," Nathan said, nodding a little. "Soldiers from the 16th New York Cavalry caught up to him and one of his co-conspirators, David Herold, in a barn in King George County, Virginia. The soldiers announced that Booth and Herold would have fifteen minutes before they set the barn on fire, and while Herold surrendered, Booth announced that he wouldn't be taken alive. The barn was lit on fire, Booth attempted to escape through the back door, and was shot in the back before he could make his way to freedom."
"Following the death of President Lincoln, the office was taken up by his Vice President, Andrew Johnson who---well, had a might bit of trouble with his presidency. Not that it would have been an easy task to repair the damage four damned years of war caused," Goody said. "That time will be covered in our next class, however."
"For this week," Nathan said, "go on and speculate as to how you suppose Booth figured murdering Lincoln was going to manage to restore the Confederate cause to its... former glory, or whatever."
Come on, Nathan. How could anybody miss your lectures when they had such quality entertainment to fill the void?
"Who doesn't enjoy our fine rambles on the past?" Goodnight added brightly. "Today, the topic is on the first--well, and only for us--president to be murdered while in office. A mere five days after the surrender of Lee's forces, a man crept up behind the president while he watched a play and shot him."
"The man was a stage actor - a fairly well-known one, at that - by the name of John Wilkes Booth," Nathan added. "He was hoping that, in killing Lincoln, his actions would revive the Confederate cause."
Yeah, Goody was just rubbing his forehead at that one. "Ah, yes. I understand that even to this day it is hard to let go of the cause."
And he was judging you for it, weirdo neo-confederates. He was judging you harshly.
"Now, Lincoln wasn't the only target of this plot. Both the Secretary of State and Vice President were targeted, but those attempts ended in a wounding and case of cold feet respectively."
"The search for Booth," Nathan noted, "was the largest manhunt in American history, with more than ten-thousand federal troops on the hunt, not to mention countless civilians. You don't murder a President with impunity, and the price that was put on Booth's head, $100,000, was roughly the equivalent of one and a half million dollars today."
"A wide net of conspirators were apprehended and tried along with the would-be and the one actual assassin. Well," Goody hesitated. "The ones who weren't killed by their pursuers."
"Booth didn't live long enough to see a trial," Nathan said, nodding a little. "Soldiers from the 16th New York Cavalry caught up to him and one of his co-conspirators, David Herold, in a barn in King George County, Virginia. The soldiers announced that Booth and Herold would have fifteen minutes before they set the barn on fire, and while Herold surrendered, Booth announced that he wouldn't be taken alive. The barn was lit on fire, Booth attempted to escape through the back door, and was shot in the back before he could make his way to freedom."
"Following the death of President Lincoln, the office was taken up by his Vice President, Andrew Johnson who---well, had a might bit of trouble with his presidency. Not that it would have been an easy task to repair the damage four damned years of war caused," Goody said. "That time will be covered in our next class, however."
"For this week," Nathan said, "go on and speculate as to how you suppose Booth figured murdering Lincoln was going to manage to restore the Confederate cause to its... former glory, or whatever."
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Or, well, his demise.
Either way, Nathan was feeling faintly accomplished, so sue him.
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