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9 mag 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.
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- John Wilkes Booth was part of a family of celebrated actors, but he is remembered as the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln i...
- John Wilkes Booth was part of one of the most distinguished acting families in the 19th century United States. His father, Junius Brutus Booth, an...
- John Wilkes Booth was an actor. After an unsuccessful Baltimore, Maryland, theatrical debut in 1856, he played minor roles in Philadelphia until 18...
- John Wilkes Booth was a vigorous supporter of the Southern cause. He was outspoken in his advocacy of slavery and his hatred of U.S. Pres. Abraham...
- John Wilkes Booth fled after shooting U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln. During the massive manhunt he was discovered by Federal troops while hiding in th...
4 giorni fa · On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.
2 giorni fa · John Wilkes Booth was a well-known actor and a Confederate spy from Maryland; though he never joined the Confederate army, he had contacts with the Confederate secret service.
16 mag 2024 · The Civil War Project. 394 subscribers. Subscribed. 0. No views 53 seconds ago. The real story about John Wilkes Booth writing a letter to the National Intelligencer spelling out what he,...
2 mag 2024 · Twenty six year old actor John Wilkes Booth was killed just twelve days after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Here's Christopher Klein with the story of how the city of Boston embraced the Booth brothers. Let's take a listen. 00:00:55.
13 mag 2024 · Join us on Saturday May 25, 2024 for the return of our popular guided walking tour of the historic route that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold used to enter the Zekiah Swamp!
9 mag 2024 · Volume 90% 00:00. 03:34. Othello by Edwin Booth (1890) Edwin Booth was the brother of John Wilkes Booth who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
