Lewis Thornton Powell

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Lewis Thornton Powell was an American Confederate soldier and conspirator in the assassination plot against U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, best known for his failed attempt to murder Secretary of State William H. Seward.

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instanceOf Confederate soldier
assassin
human
allegiance Confederate States of America
alsoKnownAs Lewis Paine NERFINISHED
Lewis Payne NERFINISHED
Lewis Thornton Paine NERFINISHED
arrestedAt Mary Surratt’s boarding house, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
arrestedOn 1865-04-17
birthDate 1844-04-22
birthPlace Randolph County, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED
Stewart County, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery
chargedWith attempted murder of William H. Seward
conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
conspiredWith David Herold NERFINISHED
Edman Spangler NERFINISHED
George Atzerodt NERFINISHED
John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED
Mary Surratt NERFINISHED
Michael O’Laughlen NERFINISHED
Samuel Arnold NERFINISHED
convictedOf attempted assassination of William H. Seward
conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1865-07-07
executedAt Washington Arsenal Penitentiary NERFINISHED
familyName Powell NERFINISHED
father George C. Powell NERFINISHED
fullName Lewis Thornton Powell NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Lewis NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging
middleName Thornton NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Confederate States Army NERFINISHED
mother Patience Caroline Powell NERFINISHED
notableFor attempted assassination of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward
participation in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
occupation laborer
soldier
participatedIn American Civil War NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
religion Baptist
residence Florida, United States NERFINISHED
role private in the Confederate Army
sentence death by hanging
targetedPerson William H. Seward NERFINISHED
triedBy United States military commission NERFINISHED

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Lewis Powell fullName Lewis Thornton Powell