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*’john wilkes booth’ killed ‘abraham lincoln’*
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(’14 april 1865′)
(“good friday”)
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(united states president ‘abraham lincoln’ was assassinated by ‘john wilkes booth’ on ‘good friday’ (14 april 1865), while attending the play our american cousin at ‘ford’s theatre’ as the ‘american civil war’ was drawing to a close)
(the assassination occurred 5 days after the commander of the ‘confederate army’ of ‘northern virginia (‘general robert e lee’), surrendered to ‘lieutenant general ulysses s grant’ and the ‘union army’ of the ‘potomac’)
(the ’16th american president’, ‘lincoln’ was the first to be assassinated)
(an unsuccessful attempt had been made on ‘andrew jackson’ 30 years before in ‘1835’, and ‘lincoln’ had himself been the subject of an earlier assassination attempt by an unknown assailant in ‘august 1864’)
(the assassination of ‘lincoln’ was ‘planned’ + ‘carried out’ by the well-known stage actor ‘john wilkes booth’, as part of a larger conspiracy in a bid to revive the ‘confederate cause’)
(booth’s co-conspirators were ‘lewis powell’ + ‘david herold’…)
(who were assigned to kill secretary of state ‘william h seward’…)
(…and ‘george atzerodt’)
(who was tasked to kill vice president ‘andrew johnson’)
(by simultaneously eliminating the top 3 people in the administration, ‘booth’ + his ‘co-conspirators’ hoped to sever the continuity of the ‘united states government’)
(as the ‘president’ was watching the play, ‘booth’ shot ‘lincoln’ from behind hitting him in the head)
(at 7:22 AM the following day, ‘lincoln’ died in the ‘petersen house’ across the street from the ‘theater’)
(the rest of the ‘conspirators’ plot’ failed)
(‘powell’ only managed to wound ‘seward’, while ‘atzerodt’ (johnson’s would-be assassin), lost his nerve and fled)
(‘booth’ made a dramatic escape resulting in a lengthy manhunt that ended in booth’s death)
(several other ‘conspirators’ were later ‘tried’ + ‘hanged’)
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(’14 APRIL 1865′)
(“GOOD FRIDAY”)
(WASHINGTON DC)
(‘ford’s theater’)
(‘gunshot’ to ‘head’)
(died 9 hours later)
(‘age 56’)
(‘john wilkes booth’)
(‘southern sympathizer’)
(’26 april 1865′)
(12 days after the murder of lincoln)
(booth was captured while hiding out in the virginia farm of a ‘confderate sympathizer’)
(“i will not go out alive!”)
(and so he was shot by a member of the ’16th new york cavalry’ in the back of the head)
(an inch below where booth had shot and killed lincoln)
(severed his spinal cord)
(he died 3 hours later)
(‘age 26’)
(’30 years younger’ than lincoln)
(‘generational warfare’)
“tell my mother i have died for my country…”
“useless..useless…”
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(the ‘funeral’ + ‘burial’ of ‘abraham lincoln’ was a period of ‘extended national mourning’)
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*“THE GARFIELD ASSASSINATION” (1881)* ☞ 👉👉👉
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👈👈👈☜*“PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥