On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering Lincoln
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Union troops hunted down John Wilkes Booth, the Confederate sympathizer who shot President Abe Lincoln, before finding him in a Virginia barn and killing him on this day in history, April 26, 1865.
Booth entered the state box of Ford’s Theatre, according to the National Park Service (NPS) archives — getting past a bodyguard to do so. Booth was a Maryland native and a supporter of the Confederacy. Booth managed to escape from the theater through a side exit. More than 1,000 Union soldiers were searching for Booth and Herold. On May 4, 1865, Lincoln was laid to rest in Springfield, Illinois. Erica Lamberg is a contributing writer for Fox News Digital.
"It was then that John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head with a .44 derringer pistol during a performance of the play ‘Our American Cousin,’" the site says.
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