The point of killing Lincoln was to keep the war from ending. It ended up being useless because even though Lincoln was assassinated the war still ended.
United States President Abraham Lincoln.
He thought Lincoln didn't want to end slavery.
Abraham Lincoln but later he ended up shooting and killing him.
Booth blamed the president for the Civil War and all of the South's problems.
As a service to the Confederacy.
On April 14th 1965, Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. This is said to be one of the darkest hours in U.S. history. He died the following morning.
i believe he wanted to start another war
Because Lincoln was going to free the slaves in every state and booth did not want the slaves to be freed.
After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Booth escaped. But while he was hiding in a barn, the authorities found him. They set the barn on fire and Booth went back into the barn, because he didn't want to get caught. The authorities eventually shot Booth while inside the barn.Booth was shot in the neck by a soldier, Sgt Colbert. He was assassinated.
John Wilkes Booth married Izola Mills on February 9, 1859 in a fit of passion. The marriage was not legal because Izola was married at the time to Charles Bellows. Yes, Izola was married to two people at the same time. Those that say he was not legally married are correct. John and Izola lived together, created a home and had children. Theirs was a marriage of choice. Izola was a perfect wife for John, she allowed him to see other women. John received love letters from many women that Izola knew about, Izola put them out of her mind because she did not want to lose him. After John Wilkes Booth was killed in the Garrett barn, John Stevenson proposed marriage to her. She told Stevenson that John Wilkes Booth was alive and well in San Francisco and she was still in love with him and wanted to go to San Francisco to be with him. Source: Lincoln, Davis, and Booth: Family Secrets
His eyes were hazel. They are erroneous claimed in a Wanted Poster to be black, but according to his sister, Asia Booth, in her book John Wilkes Booth: A Sister's Memoir (originally published as The Unlocked Book). If you want to read more, I'd suggest getting the originally published version as according to what I've read, the new one has been 'edited'.
They were Southern Confederates, and the South was at war with the North, and by April 1865, the Union had defeated the South and reuniting the South with the North by force. They wanted to kill the President of the Union, Abraham Lincoln. It was the only way they felt they could strike back at the North.