We remember that John Wilkes Booth was killed on this day in 1865.
Booth went into hiding after killing President Lincoln. He was found by Union troops hiding in a farm and killed there.
Booth was a popular actor at the time. His family was one of the first families of American theater. He made his New York debut in 1862 and things were looking up. However, a respiratory illness in 1863 put him on the sidelines for a while.
Booth went into hiding after killing President Lincoln. He was found by Union troops hiding in a farm and killed there.
Booth was a popular actor at the time. His family was one of the first families of American theater. He made his New York debut in 1862 and things were looking up. However, a respiratory illness in 1863 put him on the sidelines for a while.
His other passion was the cause of the Confederacy or the South. It motivated him to kill President Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington DC.
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