Powell, Lewis Thornton

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Lewis Thornton Powell
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Siblings
    9
    Family
    George Cader Powell (father), Patience Caroline Powell (mother)
    Occupation
    Military
    Military
    Confederate Army
    Date Event
    In Washington, Secretary of State Seward is injured quite badly when thrown from his carriage
    Lewis Powell attempts to assassinate Secretary of State William Seward in Washington, DC
    Mary Surratt and Lewis Powell are arrested in a late night War Department raid on Surratt's boarding house
    In Washington, John Wilkes Booth's accused fellow plotters are transferred to the Old Penitentiary for trial
    In Washington, President Johnson orders a military trial for John Wilkes Booth's accused fellow plotters
    In Washington, the officers of the military court for John Wilkes Booth's accused fellow plotters are named
    In Washington, membership of the military court for John Wilkes Booth's accused fellow plotters is adjusted
    In Washington, the accused Lincoln Assassination plotters all plead not guilty before their military court
    In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial begins
    - In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial continues
    In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial concludes
    - In Washington's Old Penitentiary, final arguments are being made in the Lincoln conspiracy trial
    In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the Commission in the Lincoln conspiracy trial begin their deliberations
    In Washington, President Andrew Johnson approves the sentences passed down to the Lincoln conspirators
    In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the Lincoln conspirators are told their fate in their cells
    Four condemned Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, are executed in Washington, D.C.
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