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He hoped that killing several key government officials would rally Confederate sympathizers and veterans to renew their fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to learn what happened to Seward on the night that Lincoln was assassinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Man Assigned to Kill William Henry Seward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis Powell was a former Confederate soldier and loyal Booth follower. His job of assassinating William Henry Seward was expected to be fairly easy, as Seward was barely conscious and recuperating in bed after a serious carriage accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Herold, a tracker and outdoorsman, was Booth\u2019s most-loyal follower. His role in the assassination plot was to guide Powell to Secretary of State Seward\u2019s home in D.C., and wait while Powell killed Seward (Powell didn\u2019t know his way around the city). Then Herold was to accompany Powell out of the city to meet up with Booth south of Washington, in Maryland, after Lincoln\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Attack on Seward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the attack on Lincoln unfolded at Ford&#8217;s Theatre, about a mile from the White House, William Henry Seward lay in bed with his daughter Fanny by his side. With David Herold waiting outside, Lewis Powell knocked on the door and told the servant who answered that he had medicine from Seward\u2019s doctor, which he needed to give directly to the patient. He pushed past the doubtful servant and started upstairs, running into Seward\u2019s son Frederick on the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They scuffled, and Powell tried to shoot him but his pistol malfunctioned. Powell beat Frederick with the gun as the servant ran for help. Fanny looked out of her father\u2019s bedroom door, inadvertently revealing his location, and Powell barged into the room. An army nurse also in the bedroom fought Powell and Powell stabbed him. Powell managed to stab William Henry Seward in the side of the face while Fanny tried to protect him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outside, Herold could hear the commotion and took off on his horse, leaving Powell to fend for himself. <\/strong>Another Seward son, Augustus, awoke and joined the fray, and the defenders wrestled Powell out of the bedroom and into the hall. Powell finally fled, finding his horse outside but not Herold. He threw his knife on the ground and rode away. While Seward was seriously injured, he managed to whisper that he was alive, and the householders sent for doctors and police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Secretary of War Edwin Stanton arrived and took charge of mobilizing troops to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-hunt-for-john-wilkes-booth\/\">hunt for Booth<\/a> and Powell.<\/strong> Stanton also sent guards to Vice President Johnson\u2019s and every cabinet member\u2019s house, believing this was a Confederate plot to bring down the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Attacker Flees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After his botched attack on William Henry Seward, Powell became lost in the city without Herold as a guide. After sleeping in a tree for two nights, he remembered Mary Surratt\u2019s Washington boarding house, which he\u2019d visited with Booth, and decided to try and find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Washington, Stanton\u2019s investigators suspected that John Surratt was William Henry Seward\u2019s attacker because of his association with Booth, although they had no evidence. As they questioned Mary Surratt at her boarding house, Powell rang the doorbell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Powell&#8217;s Arrest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Powell was surprised to find soldiers inside and, when they asked his business, he said he was there to dig a ditch for Mary Surratt. However, she refused to confirm the story, saying she didn\u2019t know him. Powell surrendered, and soldiers arrested him, Mary Surratt, and everyone else at the boarding house. Searching the house, investigators found photos and documents, including a photo of Booth hidden behind a picture frame, connecting the occupants to the Confederate cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under questioning at headquarters, Mary Surratt admitted only the facts she knew the investigators likely had from other sources. She lied in saying she didn\u2019t know Powell, but acknowledged knowing Atzerodt, whose name had been found in Booth\u2019s room. She provided no clues to Booth\u2019s whereabouts. Investigators arrested and jailed Surratt and Powell, along with several Booth associates who had nothing to do with the assassination. <strong>They even arrested the theater employee who\u2019d unwittingly held Booth\u2019s horse, among more than 100 suspects.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trial and Execution&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the hundreds of people originally arrested, including many who had encountered or assisted the co-conspirators, Stanton decided to try only eight: Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Samuel Arnold, Michael O\u2019Laughlen, Edman Spangler, and Dr. Samuel Mudd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Surratt was believed to have played a central role in organizing the conspiracy, so she was sentenced to death, as were Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt. On July 7, the four were hanged at the same time on an extended scaffold. 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