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Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865) was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's Rangers before working with the Confederate Secret Service in Maryland.
Lewis Thornton Powell (22 de abril de 1844 – 7 de julio de 1865), también conocido como Lewis Payne y Lewis Paine, fue un ciudadano estadounidense que intentó asesinar al Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos William H. Seward el 14 de abril de 1865.
8 de abr. de 2023 · Lewis Thornton Powell, also known as Lewis Payne, was hanged in Washington, D.C., in 1865 for collaborating with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. While Booth’s actions have gone down in history, Powell’s contributions to the plot aren’t nearly as well-known.
Lewis Thornton Powell (22 de abril de 1844 – 7 de julio de 1865), también conocido como Lewis Payne y Lewis Paine, fue un ciudadano estadounidense que intentó asesinar al Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos William H. Seward el 14 de abril de 1865.
Norman Reedus as Lewis Payne, the man who attempts to assassinate William H. Seward; John Cullum as Andrew Wylie, a judge of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia who reluctantly signs Aiken's writ to retry Marry Surratt; Marcus Hester as David Herold, one of the conspirators
10 de may. de 2015 · Lewis Powell, also known as Lewis Payne, was a former Confederate soldier who tried to murder Secretary of State William Seward on April 14, 1865, the night of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. He stabbed Seward and eight others with a dagger, but was captured and hanged along with other conspirators. Learn more about his role and the plot that failed to kill the president.
Lewis Payne, also known as Lewis Powell or Lewis Thornton Powell, was one of the men hanged for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the man responsible for the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward. Photographed under arrest aboard the U.S.S. Montauk.
