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- Booth giving a speech after shooting Lincoln
- "Sic semper tyrannis! Thus always to tyrants. The South is avenged!"
- The attack on the Secretary of State
- Booth and Herold hiding in the thicket
- "Sic semper tyrannis! Thus always to tyrants. The South is avenged!" - (Swanson, 43) These were the words Booth said right after shooting Lincoln and jumping onstage from the president's box. In later scenes, we see him with a bandage/cast around his leg because of the unsteady 10-foot jump.
- Booth and Herold rowing across the river
- "The assassin pushed past the stumbling sergeant and the frail girl blocking his path. He ran to Secretary Seward's bed, clutching the knife in his right and the pistol in his left." - (Swanson, 55) Lewis Powell runs, still trying to kill the Secretary, Robinson close behind him.
- Booth and Herold arriving at Garrett's farm
- "Herold returned to the thicket and sat on the ground beside Booth. Never during their escape were they more vulnerable and alone. If the Union Cavalry found them now, they would not be able to make a run for it." Booth's leg was injured and was in constant pain, making it hard for the pair to continue forward in an escape from the military.
- Booth vs. Cavalry
- "On the night of April 22, after another night's delay, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold finally climbed aboard the boat and rowed out into the Potomac toward Virginia." -(Swanson, 151) Booth and Herold's second attempt at crossing the river to get to Virginia was successful!
- "Willie Jett, Ruggles, Bainbridge, and the fugitives made their way to Locust Hill, a farm owned by Richard H. Garrett, seeking shelter for the night." -(Swanson, 155) On April 23, Booth and Herold, as well as the three confederate soldiers, arrived at the Garrett Farm, where just a few days later, Booth would be captured and killed.
- "Boston Corbett watched the assassin's every move inside the barn. Unseen by Booth, he walked up to one side of the barn and peeked between one of the gaps in the barn walls. As the flames grew brighter, Corbett could see his prey clearly. The sergeant watched Booth and drew his pistol." -(Swanson, 173) Just a few moments later, Boston Corbett fired, and a bullet was sent in Booth's neck, paralyzing him.
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