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John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators kidnapped Secretary of State William H. Seward in an attempt to leverage his release for the Confederacy's benefit during the Civil War. However, their plan ultimately failed, and instead of a kidnapping, Booth is more famously known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. The kidnapping plot was part of a broader conspiracy that included plans to assassinate several high-ranking officials.
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Who did Booth and his group plan to kidnap?
Booth and his group planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln.
Who did booth and his plan to kidnap?
Booth and his group planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln.
Who did John Wilkes Booth plan to kidnap?
Abraham Lincoln
Who did Booth and his group plan to hidnap?
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.
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Who did John Wilkes Booth want to kidnap?
Abraham Lincoln but later he ended up shooting and killing him.
Where did John Wilkes Booth go before he went to Fords theatre?
Booth went into Maryland to inform a group of people planning to kidnap Lincoln that Lincoln would be attending Ford's Theatre that night. On his return he was arrested at the Navy Yard Bridge and spent the rest of the day in prison.
Did John Wilkes Booth have a different plan besides shooting Lincoln?
Yes, one of the original plans was to kidnap Lincoln
Did john Wilkes booth kill someone before he killed Abraham Lincoln?
No - and thoughts of Lincoln were first a kidnap plot, not assassination
Who did booth conspire with to kill Lincoln?
nobody, he first wanted to kidnap Lincoln, but he killed him instesd. He came up with both both plamnes on his own!
What man was a former schoolmate of John Wilkes Booth and had joined the Confederate Army?
Samuel Arnold, his original assignment from John Wilkes Booth was to help kidnap President Lincoln and exchange Lincoln for Confederate prisoners being held in Virginia.
Was John Wilkes Booth a group or just one?
No, John Wilkes Booth was just one person. The Wilkes Part gets you thinking that it is a group.
