John Wilkes Booth
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John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. During the American Civil War he served
Booth, c. 1865
Tudor Hall in 1865
The Richmond Theatre, Richmond, Virginia in 1858, when Booth, who had started acting in 1855, made his first stage appearance there in the repertory company
A carte de visite of John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and p
John Wilkes Booth
…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. During the American Civil War he served as a Confederate spy; he opposed the then-recent…
Lincoln in 1863
Mary Todd Lincoln with Willie and Tad
A daguerreotype of Lincoln, taken around 1847, the earliest known photograph of him
Lincoln in 1858, the year of his debates with Stephen Douglas over slavery