{"id":4646,"date":"1865-07-08T07:34:00","date_gmt":"1865-07-08T07:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:52:57","slug":"lewis-powell-allias-lewis-payne-condamne-a-mort-pour-complot-contre-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/lewis-powell-allias-lewis-payne-condamne-a-mort-pour-complot-contre-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Powell, allias Lewis Payne condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 mort pour complot contre Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Sommaire<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/lewis-powell-allias-lewis-payne-condamne-a-mort-pour-complot-contre-lincoln\/#Complot_dassassinat_contre_Lincoln\" >Complot d&rsquo;assassinat contre Lincoln<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/lewis-powell-allias-lewis-payne-condamne-a-mort-pour-complot-contre-lincoln\/#Execution_de_gauche_a_droite_Mary_Surratt_Lewis_Powell_Herold_et_George_Atzerodt\" >Ex\u00e9cution de gauche \u00e0 droite Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, Herold et George Atzerodt<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Complot_dassassinat_contre_Lincoln\"><\/span>Complot d&rsquo;assassinat contre Lincoln<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewis Powell \u00e9tait un soldat am\u00e9ricain conf\u00e9d\u00e9r\u00e9 qui a tent\u00e9 d\u2019assassiner William Henry Seward dans le cadre du complot d\u2019assassinat de Lincoln. Bless\u00e9 \u00e0 la bataille de Gettysburg, il a ensuite servi dans les Rangers de Mosby avant de travailler avec les services secrets conf\u00e9d\u00e9r\u00e9s dans le Maryland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Wilkes Booth l\u2019a recrut\u00e9 dans un complot visant \u00e0 kidnapper Lincoln et \u00e0 remettre le pr\u00e9sident \u00e0 la Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration, mais a ensuite d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d\u2019assassiner Lincoln, Seward et le vice-pr\u00e9sident Andrew Johnson \u00e0 la place, et a assign\u00e9 \u00e0 Lewis Powell la t\u00e2che de tuer Seward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1865-Conspirateurs-contre-Licoln-condamnes-a-mort.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1865-Conspirateurs-contre-Licoln-condamnes-a-mort.jpg 976w, https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1865-Conspirateurs-contre-Licoln-condamnes-a-mort-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1865-Conspirateurs-contre-Licoln-condamnes-a-mort-768x806.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le co-conspirateur David Herold devait guider Powell jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la maison de Seward, puis l\u2019aider \u00e0 s\u2019\u00e9chapper, mais s\u2019est enfui avant que Powell ne puisse quitter la maison de Seward. Il est arriv\u00e9 trois jours plus tard \u00e0 la pension dirig\u00e9e par Mary Surratt, m\u00e8re du co-conspirateur John Surratt, alors que la police y effectuait une perquisition, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, Herold et George Atzerodt ont \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 mort par un tribunal militaire et ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019Arsenal de Washington le 7 juillet 1865 par pendaison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Execution_de_gauche_a_droite_Mary_Surratt_Lewis_Powell_Herold_et_George_Atzerodt\"><\/span><strong>Ex\u00e9cution de gauche \u00e0 droite Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, Herold et George Atzerodt<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1865-Conspirateurs-contre-Licoln-execution-par-pandaison.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1865-Conspirateurs-contre-Licoln-execution-par-pandaison.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1865-Conspirateurs-contre-Licoln-execution-par-pandaison-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1865-Conspirateurs-contre-Licoln-execution-par-pandaison-768x608.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c1 lire aussi :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-alain-schenkels wp-block-embed-alain-schenkels\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ErLsIgtaci\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/guerre-de-secession-1861-1865\/\">Guerre de S\u00e9cession 1861-1865<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Guerre de S\u00e9cession 1861-1865\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 Alain Schenkels\" src=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/guerre-de-secession-1861-1865\/embed\/#?secret=HOGxEixhUM#?secret=ErLsIgtaci\" data-secret=\"ErLsIgtaci\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-alain-schenkels wp-block-embed-alain-schenkels\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5AEwOXr1VG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/la-photographie-sinvite-pour-la-premiere-fois-a-la-guerre\/\">La photographie s\u2019invite pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e0 la guerre<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0La photographie s\u2019invite pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e0 la guerre\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 Alain Schenkels\" src=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/la-photographie-sinvite-pour-la-premiere-fois-a-la-guerre\/embed\/#?secret=7ZDO1DHJY3#?secret=5AEwOXr1VG\" data-secret=\"5AEwOXr1VG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complot d&rsquo;assassinat contre Lincoln Lewis Powell \u00e9tait un soldat am\u00e9ricain conf\u00e9d\u00e9r\u00e9 qui a tent\u00e9 d\u2019assassiner William Henry Seward dans le cadre du complot d\u2019assassinat de Lincoln. Bless\u00e9 \u00e0 la bataille de Gettysburg, il a ensuite servi dans les Rangers de Mosby avant de travailler avec les services secrets conf\u00e9d\u00e9r\u00e9s dans le Maryland. John Wilkes Booth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflits-guerres","category-guerre-de-secession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5376,"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions\/5376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}