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☆☆☆☆☆Because of his views on slavery, Abraham Lincoln inspired both passionate supporters and equally vehement detractors. John Wilkes Booth despised Lincoln's desire to end slavery; Booth supported the Confederacy. After he assassinated Lincoln, Booth was surprised that the public opposed what he had done. He expected to be regarded as a hero.
He hoped to revive the spirit of the South and continue the War of Northern Agression.
John Wilkes Booth originally planned to kidnap Lincoln but then decided to shoot him.
John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater, in Washington DC
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They surrendered.
They were from the same town.
Port Hudson, Mississippi
the dedication of a cemetery
Distracting the attention of the garrison commander by ordering a cavalry raid right down through the state of Mississippi, while Grant managed to get his men across to the East bank of the river, unnoticed.
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Robert E. Lee
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