AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
LINCOLNS ASSASSINATION
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Henry Clay
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Andrew Jackson
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John Wilkes Booth
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Mary Todd Lincoln
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Detailed explanation-1: -On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln Myths and Misconceptions Quiz: Answer 12 | Looking for Lincoln | PBS. 12. After shooting Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth leapt from the balcony to the stage of Ford’s Theatre in Washington, breaking his leg in the process, and shouted “Sic Semper Tyrannis!”
Detailed explanation-3: -During the massive manhunt he was discovered by Federal troops while hiding in the barn of a Virginia farm. After being shot, either by a soldier or by himself, Booth was carried to the farmhouse porch, where he subsequently died, though rumours persisted that the man killed was not Booth.