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How Did John Wilkes Booth Break His Leg? It Happened the Night of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth was treated by Dr. Samuel Mudd. Six hours after shooting Lincoln, Booth and co-conspirator David Herold ...
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John Wilkes Booth
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 ...
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A famous Lincoln speech might bear his fingerprints
Lincoln’s second inaugural came in the waning days of ... Four days later, Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth and died the following morning.
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Sluggish new series ‘Manhunt’ tracks Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth
On April 14, 1865, itinerant actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC — jumping from Lincoln’s box, breaking his leg and shouting ...
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‘Manhunt’ tracks the military’s search for John Wilkes Booth
2024 Hours after President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre, John Wilkes Booth became one of the most wanted men in the world. For nearly two weeks he was on the run as the Union ...
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Abraham Lincoln
His Gettysburg Address (1863) and Second Inaugural Address ... Five days later, Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, shot in the back of the head while attending ...