THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT
Original airdate: April 12, 1998
Turner Network Television presents the Original movie, THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT, the thrilling, true story of two men whose fates would become forever entwined in history.
As the Civil War draws to a close, on April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln spends the day attending to the many tasks as he prepares for the reconstruction of the Union after four years of bitter conflict. With the fall of the Confederate capital in Richmond, VA, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox, peace in the Nation is at hand, but for one man's plan.... Enter John Wilkes Booth, handsome, dashing and the darling of the theater, his hatred for Lincoln knows no bounds. On the night of April 14, 1865, Booth would make his last and most infamous performance upon the stage, playing a role which he had dreamed of for years: the assassin.
Lewis Paine (played by Titus Welliver)
Lewis Paine (real name, Lewis Powell) was a Confederate veteran who looked up to John Wilkes Booth as his "Captain." As a follower of the charismatic Booth, Paine was party to the plot to abduct Lincoln and later was given the dubious task of assassinating Secretary of State, William Seward. Unlike his fellow conspirator, Atzerodt, Paine did attempt to kill Seward with a knife, but only inflicted wounds from which Seward recovered. Paine was captured, tried as an assassin, and hanged on July 7 along with Atzerodt, Herold, and Mary Surratt.
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