John Wilkes Booth
See also: Wilkes, Booth
John Wilkes Booth (May 10th 1839 - April 26th 1865) was an actor of American theater which has assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865, drawing a ball in the nape of the neck to him.
Biography
Booth was born in Maryland, a State-border whose government supported the Union, and who comprised a big part of slave which supported the Confédération.When Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States the November 6th 1860, Booth wrote an article which denounced what he regarded as being a northerner abolitionism, in which he posted clearly his positions pro-south and pro-slave system.
The April 12th 1861, 11 States of the the United States of America made secession and the war started. The April 15th 1865, Booth killed Lincoln with a gun, drawing a ball in the nape of the neck to him.
Seven months after the assassination of Lincoln, Booth left a friendly note to Andrew Johnson ( Don' T wish to disturb you. Are you At home? ). Later, this note would return to haunt the presidency of Johnson.
External bonds
- Abraham Lincoln' S Assassination
- The Life and Stud off John Wilkes Booth
Simple: John Wilkes Booth
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