2007-02-01 09:51:49 · 16 answers · asked by deanna e 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
John Wilkes Booth
2007-02-01 09:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just a few days after the Civil War's end on April 12, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater in Washington, DC. President Lincoln died several hours later...at about 7:00 the following morning (April 17).
Fun Fact:
John Wilkes Booth's son once saved Abraham Lincoln's son's life.
2007-02-01 10:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by : ) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Wilkes Booth
2007-02-01 11:11:44 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An actor and a confederate sympathizer, John Wilkes Booth was responsible for the assassination of President Lincoln. Booth shot Lincoln while the President was attending a theater performance at the famous Ford Theater. He was taken to a house across the street where he died the following morning.
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2007-02-01 10:20:35 · answer #4 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
President Abraham Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Boothe in the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C. He killed him with a single shot to the back of the head.
2007-02-01 10:31:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, the name is ABRAHAM Lincoln, second your kidding right? You really did NOT know it was John Wilkes Booth!!!! Or do you buy into the fantasy that he got away and some other person was shot by Sgt. Boston Corbet at the Garrett Farm near Bowling Green, VA?
The name of the play that night was "Our American Cousin" starring Laura Keene. The couple accompanying the Lincoln's that night were Major Henry Rathbone and his fiance Clara Harris.
Originally General Grant and his wife Julia were to attend the theatre, but Mrs. Grant could not stand Mary Todd Lincoln and they told the President they were going home to visit their children in Burlington, New Jersey. Don't they teach history anymore?
Signed, Civil War historian
2007-02-01 10:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by mklee05091953 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Wilkes Booth
2007-02-01 10:01:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
John Wilkes Boothe
2007-02-01 09:59:31 · answer #8 · answered by Bevin M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
John Wilkes Booth
2007-02-01 09:58:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
John Wilkes Booth was a pro-Confederate actor who was performing in the show that Lincoln and his wife were watching. Booth ran off the stage, opened the door to Lincoln's private booth and shot him at point blank range in the head with a .44 caliber Deringer.
2007-02-01 13:17:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋