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John Wilkes Booth summary: John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor, was a staunch supporter of slavery and the Southern Confederacy during America’s Civil War. On the night of April 14, 1865, he entered Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., and assassinated Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States.
1838–65 Maryland Actor. Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865.
Apr 8, 2015 · Then John Wilkes Booth was dead. The chase for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin was over. From Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer , by James L. Swanson.
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John Wilkes, second youngest of the 10 children of acclaimed English-American actor Junius Brutus Booth, Sr., was born in Harford County, Maryland, just a stone’s throw south of the Mason-Dixon Line. He came from a politically divided family and a politically divided region. In letters written during the war, Booth’s mother Mary Ann ...
Nov 6, 2020 · On the Trail of John Wilkes Booth The drama played out sometime after 2 a.m. on April 26, 1865 when a detachment from the 16 th New York Cavalry regiment and a pair of detectives cornered Booth ...
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.
Booth’s diary, written between April 17–22, 1865. For twelve days, John Wilkes Booth led the U.S. Army on a chase through Maryland and Virginia before finally being caught in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia. Cornered alongside fellow conspirator David Herold and surrounded by federal troops, Herold quickly surrendered.
