Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port ...

Booth, suffering severe pain, arrived at the house of Samuel Mudd, a physician and fellow Southern sympathizer he knew who ...

_ This April 1865 photo provided by the Library of Congress shows President Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theater, ...

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

“John Wilkes was the ninth of ten children ... Several months before the assassination, Booth showed up at Asia’s house, his palms callused, mysteriously, from “nights of rowing.” ...

US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...

Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865. The ninth of 10 ...

titled “Pursuit and Death of John Wilkes Booth”. The Account of the Officer in Charge On April 24, 1865, Lieutenant Edward Doherty sits on a bench across from the White House conversing with ...

On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of the ...

The remains of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the assassin, wore removed from Washington on Monday afternoon, and arrived here on the same evening. An order was obtained Monday morning, and J. C. WEAVER ...