The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s ...

John Wilkes Booth’s seven co-conspirators. By Examiner Staff Writer. Facebook. Twitter. WhatsApp. Linkedin. ... He was found guilty and sentenced to hanging. He was executed July 7, 1865.

1838–65 Maryland Actor. Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, was with the Richmond Grays at the hanging of John Brown Dec. 2, 1859, in Charles Town (now W.Va.), according to “The Life ...

Even under the threat of hanging, ... For the last time John Wilkes Booth beheld the hands, now helpless, that had slain a president. Tenderly, Holloway massaged his temples and forehead.

John Wilkes Booth "I am not guilty." That is the name of this week's Ghost Hunter's episode and I can hardly wait. The TAPS team is off to track down the spirit of none other than John Wilkes Booth.

Unlike John Wilkes Booth, who spent his life comfortably in the saddle, Northern Irish actor Anthony Boyle had never ridden a horse until he was cast as Abraham Lincoln’s infamous assassin in ...

The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s ...

The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford's ...

The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s ...

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A rare reward poster seeking the capture of the men responsible for President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination has sold at auction for $166,375. The poster, printed on April ...