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    John Wilkes Booth

    American stage actor and assassin

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  1. Apr 8, 2015 · The stage grew dark. His body shuddered. 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 ...

  2. May 18, 2021 · John Wilkes Booth is buried in an unmarked grave that's covered with copper coins. Where is it, and do people keep putting pennies on it?

  3. 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. May 5, 2011 · In 1865, a single photograph was taken during the autopsy of John Wilkes Booth. Where is it now?

  5. The bullet severed Booths spinal cord and paralyzed him. John Wilkes Booth died three hours later. His last words were spoken while looking at his hands. “Useless, useless, useless.” He is buried in an unmarked grave at the family plot in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.

  6. May 10, 1838. Birth Place: Bel Air, Maryland. Death Date: April 26, 1865. Place of Death: Garrett Farmhouse, Port Royal, Virginia. Age: 26. Cause of Death: Gunshot wound. Cemetery Name: Green Mount Cemetery. Claim to Fame: Crime and their Victims.

  7. Oct 27, 2009 · On April 14, 1865, Booth entered the theater’s balcony, shot Lincoln at close range and immediately fled the scene. After a 12-day manhunt, Booth was tracked down and killed by Union soldiers.

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