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John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
- Gunshot wound
- May 10, 1838, Bel Air, Maryland, U.S.
- Actor
- Booth
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May 9, 2024 · John Wilkes Booth (born May 10, 1838, near Bel Air, Maryland, U.S.—died April 26, 1865, near Port Royal, Virginia) was a member of one of the United States ’ most distinguished acting families of the 19th century and the assassin who killed U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln. Booth, Edwin; Booth, John Wilkes. Edwin Booth (left) and John Wilkes Booth.
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- The Assassin’s Assassin
- But Was He Really Dead?
When Conger reached the barn door, he found detective Baker with Booth, who had suffered a serious neck wound. Conger first assumed that Booth had shot himself, but Baker told him he hadn’t. The two men carried Booth from the burning barn, and set him down in the nearby grass. “I put my ear down close to his mouth,” Conger recalled, “and finally I ...
As detective Baker had suspected, the fatal bullet had not come from Booth’s gun but from one of the Union soldiers, an Army sergeant named Boston Corbett. Corbett later testified that he had been watching Booth through a crack in the burning barn. “I could see him, but he could not see me,” he said. “It was not through fear at all that I shot him,...
John Wilkes Booth’s body was taken aboard the USS Montauk, a Navy ironclad, for an examination by Army doctors. Based on such evidence as a scar from previous surgery and the initials JWB on his left hand, they concluded that the body was “beyond dispute” Booth’s, notes Michael W. Kauffman in his 2004 Booth biography, American Brutus. But with the ...
Apr 3, 2014 · On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln while he was watching the play 'Our American Cousin' at Ford Theater in Washington, D.C. Updated: Sep 13, 2022....
Oct 27, 2009 · Despite his success as an actor on the national stage, John Wilkes Booth will forever be known as the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Booth, a native of Maryland, was a fierce...
Mar 15, 2024 · John Wilkes Booth didn’t have the benefit of anonymity in anything he did, let alone committing a very public crime. Born near Bel Air, Maryland, on May 10, 1838, Booth was the son of popular...
