John Wilkes Booth, was born on May 10, 1838 in Bel Air, Maryland to a theatrical family thanks to his dad's well-known acting career.
It's A Wonderful Life For John Wilkes Booth
IAWL for John Wilkes Booth Project Core 2 S.S. By: David Meyer
John Wilkes Booth followed the career path of his father and did some very famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Richard III, and The Marble Heart.
John Wilkes Booth performed The Marble Heart on a November night in 1863 as the 16th president unexpectedly showed up. This disgusted Booth.
He borrowed his buddies Confederate uniform to watch John Brown's hanging
Booth join the Confederate. He later quit to make his mother worry less from losing another child.
John Wilkes Booth was briefly engaged to Lucy Hale the daughter of a NH Abolitionist Senator.
John Wilkes Booth had his horse tied up, entered Ford's Theatre, snuck past the guard, and made it up the stairs to the Presidential Remarks.
As a roar of laughter erupted in the theatre, Booth shot President Lincoln in the back of the head with the 44 caliber Philadelphia Derringer.
Booth jumped from the box to the stage, breaking his ankle but he was able to limp away.
Booth fled by horseback to Garrett's farm in Virginia
