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    John Wilkes Booth

    American stage actor and assassin

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  1. 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...

  2. Apr 8, 2015 · The Final Hours of John Wilkes Booth. “I have too great a soul to die like a criminal,” Booth once wrote. James L. Swanson. April 8, 2015. "One more stain on the old banner," Booth yelled,...

  3. 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.

  4. 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...

  5. 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.

  6. John Wilkes Booth. Library of Congress. Title Actor/Assassin. War & Affiliation Civil War / Confederate. Date of Birth - Death May 10, 1838 - April 26, 1865. John Wilkes Booth will always be attached to the name of the president he assassinated.

  7. Mar 15, 2024 · Assassinations. 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...

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