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Lewis Powell

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American soldier and conspirator (1844-1865)

United StatesLived 1844 to 1865 · aged 21
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Lewis Thornton Powell was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's Rangers before working with the Confederate Secret Service in Maryland.

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Colonel John S. MosbyColonel John S. MosbyJohn Surratt in 1868John Surratt in 1868John Wilkes Booth in 1865John Wilkes Booth in 1865William H. Seward, the object of Powell's murder attemptWilliam H. Seward, the object of Powell's murder attemptPowell attacking Frederick Seward after attempting to shoot himPowell attacking Frederick Seward after attempting to shoot himMary Surratt's boarding houseMary Surratt's boarding housePowell in the hat and overcoat he had worn on the night of the attackPowell in the hat and overcoat he had worn on the night of the attack

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Lewis Thornton Powell was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's Rangers before working with the Confederate Secret Service in Maryland. John Wilkes Booth recruited him into a plot to kidnap Lincoln and turn the president over to the Confederacy, but then decided to assassinate Lincoln, Seward, and Vice President Andrew Johnson instead, and assigned Powell the task to kill Seward.

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United States
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Lived 1844 to 1865 · aged 21
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