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The forgotten man who almost became President after Lincoln

The National Constitution Center
On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died from his assassin's wounds. But if John Wilkes Booth's plot were entirely successful,...
7 months ago

Why Did John Wilkes Booth Kill Abraham Lincoln? And How Was He Caught? The Real History Of Manhunt

HistoryExtra
On 14 April 1865, an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth entered Ford's Theatre in Washington DC, not to perform but to murder the president of the United...
8 months ago

PHOTOS: On this day in history John Wilkes Booth dies in Caroline County

Fredericksburg Free Press
On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth–the man who killed President Lincoln–died on the Garrett farm in Caroline County, between Bowling Green and Port Royal.
7 months ago

‘Manhunt’: Inside the Real Pursuit to Capture John Wilkes Booth

Biography
The new Apple TV+ show dramatizes Secretary of War Edwin Stanton's search for John Wilkes Booth after he murdered President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
8 months ago

On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering Lincoln

Fox News
Union troops hunted down John Wilkes Booth, the Confederate sympathizer who shot President Abe Lincoln, before finding him in a Virginia...
7 months ago

Today in History: President Abraham Lincoln fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth

Chicago Tribune
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford's Theatre...
7 months ago

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know

TheCollector
On the evening of April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln sat in a booth in Ford's Theatre in Washington DC, watching a satirical play called Our American Cousin.
3 months ago

'Manhunt,' about hunt for John Wilkes Booth, may make you wish you paid attention in history class

AP News
A new series on Apple TV+, premiering Friday, tells the lesser-known aspects of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on the...
8 months ago

The last surviving witness to Lincoln’s assassination lived long enough to share his story on TV

Upworthy
In 1965, Samuel Seymour appeared on "I've Got a Secret" at the age of 95. His amazing secret was that he witnessed Abraham Lincoln''s assassination in 1865.
1 month ago

The Real History Behind Apple TV+’s ‘Manhunt’ and the Search for Abraham Lincoln’s Killer

Smithsonian Magazine
A new series dramatizes Edwin Stanton's hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the aftermath of the president's 1865 assassination.
8 months ago