John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head during a performance of Our American Cousin to revive the Confederate cause. Others present in the presidential box were Clara Harris and Major Henry Rathbone, who were guests of the president and his wife Mary Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head during a performance of Our American Cousin to revive the Confederate cause. Others present in the presidential box were Clara Harris and Major Henry Rathbone, who were guests of the president and his wife Mary Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head during a performance of Our American Cousin to revive the Confederate cause. Others present in the presidential box were Clara Harris and Major Henry Rathbone, who were guests of the president and his wife Mary Lincoln.
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