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| Civilian |
| 1838-1865
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| Maryland
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| Actor |
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The nation's most famous assassin,
John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, Southern
sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President
Lincoln at Ford's Theater in April 1865, just after
Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Booth, who leaped from the President's box onto the stage,
was hunted down and died in a shootout days later. Several
of his co-conspirators were hanged for their role in the
assassination. |
