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Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865) 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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Apr 8, 2023 · Lewis Thornton Powell, also known as Lewis Payne, was hanged in Washington, D.C., in 1865 for collaborating with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. While Booth’s actions have gone down in history, Powell’s contributions to the plot aren’t nearly as well-known.
The four conspirators convicted of plotting to kill President Abraham Lincoln and sentenced to execution—Mary E. Surratt, Lewis Payne, David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt—hang from nooses on July 7, 1865, in the courtyard of Washington Arsenal (later Fort McNair), in Washington, D.C. Alexander Gardner, well known for his Civil War ...
Jan 1, 2016 · This set of pictures from 1865 shows the hanging execution of the four Lincoln conspirators: David Herold, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt. Their deaths were a culmination of sorts of a nation ravaged by war, bitter conflict, and the death of the nation’s commander-in-chief, Abraham Lincoln.
May 10, 2012 · Payne came remarkably close to completing his mission. Due to an earlier carriage accident Seward was bedridden and Payne was able to stab the helpless man multiple times before family members could force Payne from the home.
Apr 4, 2018 · Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Payne and Lewis Paine, was an American citizen who attempted to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward on April 14, 1865.
Lewis Payne, also known as Lewis Powell or Lewis Thornton Powell, was one of the men hanged for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the man responsible for the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward. Photographed under arrest aboard the U.S.S. Montauk.
