The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, not a simple act committed by a Confederate sympathizer, stemmed from larger and more complex conspiracies involving Andrew Johnson, the Church of Rome and Jefferson Davis. Although there are many conspiracy theories surrounding the murder, a proven conspiracy can be found in most textbooks. When Lincoln was assassinated, John Wilkes Booth was not the only one behind this well-orchestrated plot. This proven conspiracy supports the idea that Booth was a Southern sympathizer who wanted revenge on the president who had just destroyed his beloved confederacy. Booth, along with various other conspirators, was determined to create a plan to get revenge on the president. Booth and his co-conspirators originally intended to kidnap the president on March 20, 1865, take him to the Confederate capital of Richmond, and then use Lincoln as a negotiating tool for a revival of the confederation (Abraham). However, this plan was quickly discarded when Lincoln failed to show up at the event where the conspirators planned to kidnap him (Abraham). Nearly a month later, Booth and his conspirators carried out their fatal plan for the president. On April 14, 1865 at 10:15 p.m., John Wilkes Booth entered Fords Theater where President Lincoln, his wife Mary, Union Army officer Henry Rathbone, and Henry's fiancée Clara were in a box. private enjoying a play, when Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head with a .44 caliber pistol (Abraham). This atrocious act was committed just five days after the Confederate Army had surrendered to Union General Lee, a possible reason for Booth's fury. While escaping from the theater, Officer Rathbone was stabbed as Booth fled the scene after smashing President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward, thus linking Jefferson Davis to the entire conspiracy. 'assassination. Although Jefferson Davis had multiple plausible motivations for hiring Lincoln's assassin, he did not have sufficient contact with Booth, other than a meeting, to conceive and influence the plan. History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. February 26, 2014 Chiniquy, Charles Paschal Telesphore. Fifty years in the Church of Rome. Montreal: W. Drysdale, 1886. Print. Linder, Douglas. “Jefferson Davis and the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy.” Jefferson Davis and the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy. NP, 2002. Web. February 21, 2014. O'Reilly, Bill and Martin Dugard. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever. New York: Henry Holt et, 2011. Print.