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The South did nothing- since the Civil War had already ended, the Confederacy no longer existed. Booth was tracked to a farm on the grounds of what is now Ft. A.P. Hill in Virginia, and he was shot by a Union soldier.

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Why did John Wilkes Booth really want to kill Abraham Lincoln?

Booth blamed the president for the Civil War and all of the South's problems.


Where was John Wilkes Booth caught in Port Royal?

At Garrett's farm south of Port Royal. Virginia.


Why did john Wilkes booth's co-conspirators want to assassinate Lincoln?

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.


Where was Abraham Lincoln taken to after he got shot by John Wilkes Booth?

He traveled through Maryland and crossed the Potomac river into Virginia. 2nd respondent Many believe the government's version that Booth died in Virginia at the Garrett farm on April 26, 1865. Others believe he left the Garrett farm on April 25. Booth travailed to his farm in Virginia and was nursed back to health by his wife, Izola. Booth then traveled to San Francisco to see his mother. Izola followed. Booth obtained a British passport under the name of John Byron Wilkes and on April 21, 1868, he and Izola sailed to India. Izola found living there, unsatisfactory. They returned to San Francisco. Izola returned east and Booth went to Mexico. Booth's political ideas were unpopular in Mexico and he was kicked out. In 1879, Booth was living in Texas under the name William Ryan when he was recognized. Booth fled back to India using his alias of John Byron Wilkes. This time Booth found living in India unsatisfactory. Back in the U.S. Booth had money frozen by the government. He believed that he could free up that money by writing a will and killing off the imaginary John Byron Wilkes. Booth had a will written and then had John Byron Wilkes declared dead. Booth returned to Texas. After living in Texas a while, he moved to Oklahoma. He died in Enid, Oklahoma in 1903.


Who was Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth?

ANSWER He was an actor and a son of actors. He claimed to be a strong supporter of the Confederate cause but he didn't engage himself on actual actions against the Union until the the of 1864, when he thought to make something against the Union leadership. His original project was not that of killing Lincoln but that of kidnap him and move him to the south. He determined to kidnap the President during a walking but it was not to be. Then on Apr. 14, 1865 he decided to kill Lincoln, while his band of associates would have assassinated the Vice President Johnson and the Secretary of state Seward.

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Which side North or South did John Wilkes Booth affect the most by killing the president?

south that's why he killed Abraham was a northern


Why did John Wilkes Booth and fellow conspirators plan to kill President Lincoln and important cabinet members?

John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators had kidnapping of President Lincoln as their primary objective. When the South surrendered, they acted in revenge for the Union's victory over the South.


Why did John Wilkes Booth really want to kill Abraham Lincoln?

Booth blamed the president for the Civil War and all of the South's problems.


Was john Wilkes booth from the north or the south?

south


How did John Wilkes Booth's assassination of president Lincoln result in tragic unintended consequences for the south?

Booth thought he was doing the South a favor by killing Lincoln, but he was only increasing the South's woes.


Which president was assassinated for being a tyrant?

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth for being what Wilkes claimed a "tyrant against the South." Wilkes shot Lincoln in the head at the Ford Theater.


Which side did John Wilkes Booth associated with?

Booth was a strong supporter of the South.


Did John Wilkes Booth do a favor for South when he killed president Lincoln?

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.


Did John Wilkes Booth ever change his name?

Yes he had 4 allies which were all from the south.


What happened after the civil war?

After the end of the U.S. Civil war slavery was abolished in both the North and South. The South was unable to secede from the Union. Then John Wilkes Booth killed our 16th president Abraham Lincoln while watching a play in Washington D.C.


What happened to Lincoln less than a week after the South surrendered?

During a play President Lincoln attended to, John Wilkes Booth crept up to the president's booth and shot him from behind causing him to die. This was the first presidential assassination.


Did John Wilkes Booth set free the south prisoners?

yes