John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 - April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next day from a single gunshot wound to the head - the first American president to be assassinated. Booth was a successful professional stage actor of his day and a member of the prominent Booth family of actors. Wikipedia
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Booth Escape Route After shooting President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth fled across the Potomac River into Maryland, then headed toward Virginia. www.civilwar-va.com/maryland/booth.html
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T he name of John Wilkes Booth conjures up a picture of America's most infamous assassin, the killer of perhaps the greatest president of the United States. www.nps.gov/foth/booth.htm
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