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Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC. The poster advertises $50,000 for the apprehension of Booth, to be paid out by the “War Department.” ...
When most Americans think of the name “Booth” they think of John Wilkes, the infamous assassin who fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. But for much of the 19th century it ...
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. The ninth of 10 ...
According to the Library of Congress, Edwin Booth saved Lincoln's son from being run over by a train car. The event is detailed in a Cleveland Morning Leader news story in April 1865, written ...
Most who studied Lincoln in school learn he was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was watching a play with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre when Booth came from ...
Most who studied Lincoln in school learn he was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was watching a play with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre when Booth came from ...