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    John Wilkes Booth

    American stage actor and assassin

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  2. www.history.com › topics › american-civil-warJohn Wilkes Booth - Death, Abraham Lincoln, Siblings | HISTORY

    Oct 27, 2009 · John Wilkes Booth was an actor and Confederate sympathizer who assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., in April 1865.

  3. www.history.com › news › john-wilkes-booth-final-daysThe Hunt for Abraham Lincoln’s Killer: John Wilkes Booth

    Jul 27, 2018 · On the night of April 14, 1865, well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth slipped into the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and shot President Abraham Lincoln in the...

  4. www.biography.com › movies-tv › a60190836‘Manhunt’: Inside the Real Pursuit to Capture John Wilkes Booth

    Mar 15, 2024 · The True Story of Manhunt and One Man’s Obsessive Quest to Capture John Wilkes Booth. The new Apple TV+ show dramatizes Secretary of War Edwin Stanton’s search for John Wilkes Booth...

  5. www.indiewire.com › features › commentary'Manhunt' Finale Questions: What's True About John Wilkes Booth's...

    Apr 19, 2024 · As seen on “Manhunt,” John Wilkes Booth was trapped in a burning tobacco barn on Garrett’s farm when Union soldier Boston Corbett fatally shot him through a crack in the barn’s siding ...

  6. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › final-hours-john-wilkes-booth-180954853The Final Hours of John Wilkes Booth - Smithsonian Magazine

    Apr 8, 2015 · The barking dogs and the clanking, rumbling sound finally woke Booth. Recognizing the unique music of cavalry on the move, the assassin knew he had only a minute or two to react. Booth woke...

  7. www.history.com › news › john-wilkes-booth-death-barnHow Did John Wilkes Booth Die? | HISTORY

    Nov 6, 2020 · John Wilkes Booth being dragged from the barn on Garrett's farm by Union cavalry sent to capture him after his assassination of President Lincoln. His Longest Death Scene.

  8. www.pbs.org › kenburns › the-civil-warThe Civil War: John Wilkes Booth Biography - PBS

    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...

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