John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838 on a farm near Bel Air, Maryland. He was the 9th of 10 children and one of the more remembered ones (John Asia and Edwin). His family was of British origins, they had moved there in 1821. John Wilkes Booth attended private schools all his life as a child and was enrolled in a Quaker boarding school. When he got older he went to St. Timothy's Hall, an Episcopal military academy in Cantonsville, Maryland. When Booth's father died in 1852 he went back to the family farm to help out, but according to his sister (Asia Booth Clarke) he did not want to be there. He would often talk of fame and how he wanted to be like his father, Star of the Stage. Booth's first stage debut was at the age of 17 in the role of The Earl of Richmond in Shakespeare's Richard III, it would be two years before he would be on the stage again. He played stock in Philadelphia but wasn't very good at it. He forgot his lines often and missed his cues all the time. But determined, he eventually became a member of the Richmond Theater. It was there in Richmond that he became enamored with the southern way of life. It was also there that his career gained momentum they called him the handsomest man in America.
John Parker, Lincoln's bodyguard from the Metropolitan Police Force, had left his position outside the State Box to get a drink. On 9th April, 1865, General Robert E. He entered Ford's Theatre soon after 10. Surratt, Powell, Atzerodt and Herold were hanged at Washington Penitentiary on 7th July, 1865. Two days later Booth attended a public meeting in Washington where he heard Abraham Lincoln make a speech where he explained his views that voting rights should be granted to some African Americans. Booth was either shot or committed suicide. Booth then jumped about 11 feet onto the stage below. With the help of other sympathizers they reached Port Royal, Virginia, on the morning of 26th April. The bullet had punctured his spinal cord and he died in great agony two hours later. Booth persuaded most of the people who had been involved in the kidnap plot to join him in his plan. Booth at first moves towards the fire, then turns and hops towards the door. They hid in a barn owned by Richard Garrett.
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