No. His diary reflects that the thought he would be a hero and that the south would rally around and keep the civil war going. He was wrong. Instead, the south was just as upset as the rest of the country to have the president killed. When Booth was on the run he couldn't find any one in the south to help him or hide him. Lincoln's body was carried by train to Springfield and every town or city it went through people lined the streets for hours to say "goodbye" to the president.
John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln in the Ford Theatre.
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth an American stage actor killed President Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president
No, President Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth.
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was from the state of Maryland. He assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. John Wilkes Booth was killed in 1865.
John Wilkes Booth
No he was killed by John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln.
because he killed the president Abraham Lincoln
Born on May 10, 1838, John Wilkes Booth was 26-years-old when he assassinated President Lincoln.