Assassination of Lincoln Highlighted in 1865 Report
Washington April 14 1865 marked the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater. John Wilkes Booth an actor fired a single shot into the president s head after forcing his way into the presidential box. Booth grappled with Maj. Henry Rathbone and leaped to the stage escaping into the night.
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Lincoln Assassination and Booth Pursuit Timeline
The account covers Lincoln's assassination at Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth, Booth’s escape and pursuit through Maryland and Virginia, his death at Garrett farmhouse after being shot by Sgt. Corbett, and the posthumous handling and burial of Booth in Baltimore. It also notes Lincoln’s death at 7:20 a.m. on Holy Saturday and the later reburials and family memorials.
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Virginia
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Richard H. Garrett
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Sgt
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Boston
Corbett
John Side
Washington
Frank Leslie
John Wilkes Booth
Washington Arsenal
Springfield
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