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Disturbing Facts About the Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth
When Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, struck on the evening of April 14, 1865, he left little doubt as to his identity. The murderer leaped from the President’s box to the…
American History
24 Events During the Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was nearly as well known as the man he had just shot President Abraham Lincoln in April…
American History
Robert Gould Shaw Led this Contentious All Black Regiment During the Civil War
There are those who still believe that America’s bloody and tragic Civil War was not about slavery nor white supremacy.…