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The Conspirators in the Lincoln Assassination

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Booth's fellow conspirators were an odd bunch: there was the pharmacist's assistant David Herold, the German-born repairman George Atzerodt, and Confederate spy John Surratt. Often meeting in the home of Surratt's mother, Mary, the motley crew also included the former Confederate

soldier Lewis Powell.

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Lewis Powell, 21-year-old son of a Baptist minister, enlisted in May 1861 as a private in the Second Florida Infantry. An attractive, well-muscled six-footer, Powell exemplified the best that the Confederate army could muster. A loyal, obedient, and hard-fighting soldier, he saw plenty of action until he was wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg in July 1863. Paroled, he made his way to Baltimore and fell into the orbit of Surratt and Booth.