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How old was John Wilkes Booth when he shot President Abraham Lincoln?

United States President Abraham Lincoln died at 7:20 am on April 15, 1865.He had been shot in the head on April 14, 1865, in Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., by actor John Wilkes Booth.Note: john Wilkes booth was not an actor he was merely an assasin who was there to kill a.l.


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.


Who was the US President assassinated in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes booth?

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. The President and Mrs. Lincoln were watching a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC on April 14, 1865 when he was shot by Booth. President Lincoln was taken across the street to the Pederson House where he died the following day.


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.


What happened to Abraham Lincoln after the American Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln was killed while watching the play Our American Cousin at Ford's theatre by John Wilkes Booth, an actor who happened to be a radical republican obsessed with aiding the South during Reconstruction. He entered the box that Abe was in from the rear and shot him in the head. A doctor rushed to help, and a second joined him, but while they restored his breathing, it was clea that the head wound would be fatal.