When John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln was it good or bad for the south?

Answer 1

It did not do them any good since the war was already lost and it probably made some Northerners even more vindictive against the South. The loss of Lincoln's moderate voice probably was the thing that hurt the South the most.

Answer 2

Bad. The incoming President (Andrew Johnson) was not willing to give the South such favourable treatment.