Historical Events tagged with "david herold"
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Crime & Law
Capture and Death of John Wilkes Booth
April 26th, 1865 159 years ago
In Virginia, Union cavalry troopers tracked down and confronted John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. After a tense standoff in a barn, Booth was shot dead by Union soldiers. The operation was executed following a manhunt for Booth, who had fled after the assassination. It marked the dramatic end of the search for Lincoln's killer.
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