On This Day in History: Lincoln’s Assassin John Wilkes Booth Finally Brought to Justice
On April 26, 1865, the manhunt for President Abraham Lincoln’s killer ended when John Wilkes Booth was cornered by federal troops near Port Royal, Virginia, and shot dead after refusing to surrender. Just 12 days earlier, on April 14, Booth had shot Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., making him the first U.S. president to be assassinated.
On This Day: John Wilkes Booth, the Man Who Killed Lincoln, Is Gunned Down
On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth—the assassin who fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln—was cornered and killed by Union troops near Port Royal, Virginia. The takedown ended a massive 12-day nationwide manhunt and remains one of the most closely watched events surrounding the close of the American Civil War.
John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's Assassin, Killed: This Day in History
On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, was cornered and killed by federal troops near Port Royal, Virginia. This decisive moment closed one of the most infamous chapters in U.S. history. Booth had been on the run for twelve days after shooting Lincoln, sparking a massive manhunt that ended with him trapped in a barn and shot dead. Booth was an actor and a devoted Confederate sympathizer. He shot Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865...
John Wilkes Booth Killed: The End of Lincoln's Assassin on April 26, 1865
On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, was cornered and shot dead by federal troops near Port Royal, Virginia. The event came just 12 days after Booth fired the fatal shot at Ford's Theatre. A well-known actor and Confederate sympathizer, Booth orchestrated the shocking murder to cripple the Union leadership and boost the Southern cause. After Lincoln's assassination, the federal government began
John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s Assassin, Killed on This Day in 1865
On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the actor and Confederate sympathizer who fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre, was cornered by Union troops near Port Royal, Virginia, and killed after refusing to surrender. Learn how his death ended a 12-day manhunt and shaped Reconstruction-era America.
