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Despite General Robert E. Lee's surrender, who did Booth believe was still fighting?

  • General Joseph E. Johnston of the Army of Tennessee

  • President Andrew Johnson

  • Secretary of State William H. Seward

  • None of the above

Answer

John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, believed that General Joseph E. Johnston of the Army of Tennessee was still fighting. Booth and his co-conspirators had hoped to capture Lincoln and take him to Richmond, where he would be held hostage until the Confederate government agreed to peace terms. However, Johnston had surrendered to General William T. Sherman on April 26, 1865, two days before Lincoln was assassinated.
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