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Lewis Powell (alias Paine or Payne) brutally attacked Secretary of State William Henry Seward at the same hour that Booth shot Lincoln. 21 21 See Kauffman, American Brutus, supra note 11, at 350–52; Leonard, Lincoln’s Avengers, supra note 15, at 5–7, 39–42, 115–18; Betty Ownsbey, Lewis Thornton Powell, Alias Lewis Payne, in The Trial ...
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May 3, 2019 · On April 14, 1865, a man crept up the back staircase of Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. with a gun in his hand. Soon, it would take that gunman, John Wilkes Booth, mere seconds to fatally shoot President Abraham Lincoln through the back of the head and violently alter the course of American history itself. However, though few may realize ...
When William Jefferson Lewis was born on 22 February 1882, in Halifax, Virginia, United States, his father, Addison Bedford Lewis, was 33 and his mother, Martha Booker Powell, was 23. He married Nannie Ella Carter on 19 December 1905, in Halifax, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons.
Other articles where Lewis Powell is discussed: assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Planning the attack: Booth tasked Lewis Powell, a tall and powerful former Confederate soldier, with the attack on Seward, to be aided by David Herold. George Atzerodt, a German immigrant who had acted as a boatman for Confederate spies, was to kill Johnson. Booth himself was to assassinate Lincoln. All…
Apr 16, 2014 · On the evening of April 14, 1865 — the same night that President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated — Secretary of State William Seward was the victim of an assassination attempt as well. Both men, as well as Andrew Johnson, the vice president, were targeted by John Wilkes Booth's conspiracy. Seward had been a lawyer and politician from New ...
Jan 28, 2010 · The body of the slain Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lies in state at the R.S. Lewis funeral home in Memphis, Tennessee. Hundreds of mourners filed in on April 5, 1968, before his ...
