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How are David Herold and George Atzerodt similar?

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lewis powell - part in plot

to kill secretary seward in his home

lewis powell- degree of success

he didn't kill him but he injured him by slashing his face with a knife

lewis powell- plan to avoid capture

slept in a tree for two nights, went to mary surratts boarding home for help but she denied knowing him

what was the punishment for all of them

getting hanged

david herold- part in plot

accompany powell to stewards home and guide him out of city

david herold- degree of success

he just left lewis powell, but he guided both throught the countryside

david herold- plan to avoid capture

followed planned escape route and met up with booth at sopers hill. stayed at his cousins house

david herold- later before consequence

he confessed to what he did

george atzerodt- part in the plot

kill vice president johnson in his room at the kirkwood house

George Atzerodt- degree of success

never actually went to kill vice president johnson

George Atzerodt- plan to avoid capture

had no real plan to avoid being captured. he stayed at his cousins house. at a friends easter dinner he jokingly confessed to almost killing the vice president and knowing about the whole assassination with booth

George Atzerodt- later before the consequence

when arrested he confessed everything

Step-by-step explanation:

David E. Herold was born in Maryland, the sixth of 11 children of Adam George Herold (1803ā€“1864) and Mary Ann Porter (1810ā€“1883). Adam and Mary were married on November 9, 1828, in Washington, DC. David was their only son to survive to adulthood. His father Adam was the Chief Clerk of the Naval Storehouse at the Washington Navy Yard for over 20 years.

George Andrew Atzerodt (June 12, 1835 ā€“ July 7, 1865) was a conspirator, with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln. He was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson, but lost his nerve and did not make any attempts. He was executed along with three other conspirators by hanging.

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Through the Surratt's, Atzerodt met John Wilkes Booth, who persuaded him to participate in his plan to kidnap President Lincoln, and hold him in Virginia in exchange for Confederate POWs. Atzerodt met Booth and other conspirators at Gautier's Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue to discuss the President's abduction.

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