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

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 ...

Illustration by Cliff Alejandro; Reference Images: National Archvies; Albert Davis Collection Asia Booth ... John Wilkes, her younger brother, was wanted for the assassination of President Lincoln.

Latin for “thus always to tyrants” — Booth jumped from Lincoln ... photo. Saying he was gravely ill, he told the attorney in a deathbed confession that he was actually John Wilkes Booth ...

John Wilkes Booth certainly saw himself as a dramatic figure in history. Upon shooting Lincoln, he jumped onto the stage and condemned his victim in Latin National Treasure: Amelia Earhart ...

It was 150 years ago Tuesday that President Abraham Lincoln was shot to death by John Wilkes Booth, and to mark the ... the wildest possible description... PHOTO GALLERY: Lincoln Ever-Present ...

has just made public a story in which he tells how he warned President Lincoln that he was in danger of being assassinated by John Wilkes Booth five days before the tragedy occurred. View Full ...

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

Five days after the end of the Civil War, the joy of peace was shattered when John Wilkes Booth and ... In addition to Booth killing President Abraham Lincoln, the plan was for Lewis Powell ...

John Wilkes Booth put a bullet in the head of President Abraham Lincoln. What motivated the 26-year-old actor? Fame? No, he had plenty of that. His photos were outsold only by Honest Abe himself.

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