John Wilkes Booth and members of his conspiracy had originally hoped to kidnap Lincoln and hold him for ransom. The attempt(s) to do this were unsuccessful. After that, the kidnap plan became an assassination plan, in hopes of ending the war, and allowing the Confederate States of America to continue as a government separate from the Union.
Booth and his group planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln.
Booth and his group planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth organized the plan to kill President Abraham Lincoln.
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No, John Wilkes Booth was just one person. The Wilkes Part gets you thinking that it is a group.
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John Wilkes Booth planned on shooting President Lincoln in the back of the head in the balcony of Ford's Theater.
John Wilkes Booth's original plan was to kidnapp Lincoln and hold him hostage.
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