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This is inspired by Civil War Myths and Legends:

"Three coordinated attacks were supposed to take place: Booth would kill Lincoln at Ford's Theater; Lewis Powell (a Confederate from Alabama who rode with John Mosby's guerillas) would kill Secretary of State Seward at his home; and George Atzerodt (a Confederate sympathizer who frequently ferried Rebel spies across the Potomac) was supposed to kill Vice President Johnson. Atzerodt lost his nerve and spent the evening getting drunk at a tavern; Powell severely wounded Seward but he recovered; and only Booth succeeded."

WI all three of them had succeeded? At first: Who'd become president now?

I certainly expect the reconstruction begun earlier, and of cause no tried impeachment of Johnson.
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