On the day of Lincoln's visit to Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth arranged for a fellow conspirator, Lewis Powell, to attack Secretary of State William H. Seward simultaneously. Booth also secured a horse for his escape and coordinated the timing of the attack to coincide with the performance of "Our American Cousin," ensuring that the theater would be filled and that he could make his escape unnoticed after shooting Lincoln. Additionally, he had scouted the theater and identified the location of Lincoln's box for the best opportunity to carry out his plan.
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