At the same time as this event was occurring, Lewis Powell was attempting to kill William H. Seward.
Major Harry Rathbone was unable to stop this event. Dr. Samuel Mudd was executed for setting a cast on the broken leg of one figure who participated in this event. At the same time as this event was occurring, Lewis Powell was attempting to kill William H. Seward. A man who was later shot in a burning barn in Northern Virginia yelled "sic semper tyrannis" before perpetrating this act. For 10 points, name this event in Ford's Theater, where the sixteenth President of the United States was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
Major Harry Rathbone was unable to stop this event. Dr. Samuel Mudd was executed for setting a cast on the broken leg of one figure who participated in this event.
the {assassination} of Abraham {Lincoln} [accept obvious equivalents]