The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s ...

More than one American historian has described the Civil War as the conflict that turned brother against brother. Among the ...

The U.S. War Department poster seeking the arrest of John Wilkes Booth and co-conspirators John ... was killed 12 days later by federal troops. The reward on his head was an astronomical $100,000 ...

The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford's ...