John Wilkes Booth
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Updated: 3 Apr 2020
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John Wilkes Booth DiesJohn Wilkes Booth is Born on May 10 1838The Civil War broke outThe Civil War endsJohn Wilkes Booth makes his acting debut as the Earl of Richmond in Richard III at Baltimore's Charles Street TheatreJohn Wilkes Booth joined the Richmond Grays and witnessed John Brown's hangingThe Fugitive Slave act is passedJohn Wilkes booth is shot in the thighAbraham Lincoln is elected as presidentSouth Carolina Secedes from the United StatesJohn Brown raids Harper's FerryJunius Brutus Booth, John Wilkes Booth's father, diesPresident Abraham Lincoln diesJohn Wilkes Booth Assassinates Abraham LincolnThe Southern States form their own country called the Confederate States of AmericaPresident Lincoln declares the Union Blockade which stops supplies from entering the ConfederacyPresident Lincoln issued an order in the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves and setting up a 13th amendmentThe Kansas Nebraska act, written by Stephen Douglas, was passed by congressJohn Wilkes Booth and two others attempt to kidnap Lincoln, but he did not show up and they fledHenrietta Irving, an actress who was Booth's previous lover, attempted to kill him, but she was only able to hurt his armJohn Wilkes Booth made his last appearance on stage, playing Pescara in "The Apostate" in Washington D.C.Booth appeared in "The Marble Heart" in Ford's Theater, when Abraham Lincoln was in the audiencePeriods
John Wilkes Booth recruits coconspirators
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