Alias "Paine": Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy, 2d ed.
by Betty J. Ownsbey
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The most enigmatic of the associates of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, Confederate soldier Lewis Thornton Powell, using the alias Lewis Paine, was a key player in the postwar attempt to undermine the Federal Government. On the night Lincoln was shot, 20-year-old Powell burst into the house of William Seward and attempted to assassinate the Secretary of State. Captured shortly after the assassination, Powell stood trial for his crime and was hanged three months later. Powell and his role show more in the conspiracy has been the subject of debate for many years. Who was this man? What made him tick? show lessTags
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Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Samuel B. Arnold; George A. Atzerodt; John Wilkes Booth; David Herold (as David E. Herold); Andrew Johnson; Abraham Lincoln (show all 13); Samuel A. Mudd; Michael O'Laughlen; Lewis Powell (as Lewis Paine); William Henry Seward; Edman Spangler; John Harrison Surratt, Jr.; Mary Surratt
- Important places
- USA
- Important events
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1865-04)
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- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 973.7092 — History & geography History of North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil War
- LCC
- E457.5 .O96 — History of the United States United States Civil War period, 1861-1865 Lincoln's administrations, 1861-April 15, 1865
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- English
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