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How Did John Wilkes Booth Break His Leg? It Happened the Night of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
On April 21, 1865, The New York Times published a letter given to them by John Wilkes Booth's brother-in-law, John S. Clarke.
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John Wilkes Booth
Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865. The ninth of 10 ...
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Sluggish new series ‘Manhunt’ tracks Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth
On April 14, 1865, itinerant actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham ... failed assassination attempt on Secretary of State William H. Seward (Larry Pine). That’s when Stanton ...