John Wilkes Booth
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John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) was a popular actor and Confederate sympathizer. He assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 after the South lost the American Civil War.
John Wilkes Booth in "Before the Beginning"
Recordings of John Wilkes Booth murdering Abraham Lincoln became quite popular with the invention of the time-viewer.
John Wilkes Booth in Southern Victory
John Wilkes Booth (b. 1838) was a popular actor in the 19th century. After the War of Secession, Booth toured the United States and Confederate States with his brothers, Edwin and Junius Booth. They became very popular in both countries.
