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John Wilkes Booth was a Confederate sympathizer and led a small group that sought revenge for the Union's battle against Southern independence. At first his idea was to kidnap President Lincoln. After the South was defeated, Booth sought a new plan of revenge, the assassination of the US President Lincoln and other members of Lincoln's cabinet. Lincoln was shot by Booth on April 14, 1865 and died the next day.

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