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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth sneaks into the Presidential Box at Ford's Theatre and shoots Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head during a performance of 'Our American Cousin', plunging the theater into chaos.

Year 1865
Date 4/14
Location Ford's Theatre, Washington D.c., United States
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
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Key Figures

Abraham Lincoln John Wilkes Booth Mary Todd Lincoln Major Henry Rathbone Theatergoer
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