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John Wilkes Booth, during the US Civil War, had the idea of kidnapping US President Lincoln. For all practical purposes, despite views to the contrary, this idea ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to US Grant. Wilkes then conspired with his "friends" to assassinate Lincoln and the US Secretaries of War and State. His friends failed in their attempts, however, Wilkes's plan to assassinate Lincoln was a tragic success. As Lee said when he heard of the assassination, and here is a paraphrase, "The South has lost its best friend".

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