Civil War
He performed on the stage in the age of 17 in the Shakespeare
Richard III he had performed well in the earl of Richmond after that
in 1858 he became the member of Richmond theatre. He was not only
famous for his acting on the stage but also for his
beauty he was called the handsomest man of America. He was a good
sword man booth was engaged in the theoretical performances in the
1859.with the end of year 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected as
president booth made a speech which shows his support for the south
states. On April 12 1861 the civil war broke out and there were
eleven southern states which got detached from the unions.
In the same year Abraham Lincoln started the marshal law which
was in the view of many persons as wrong so in the view of booth
that marshal law was unconstitutional and has nothing value it was
just the use of executive powers.
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Many members of the booth family were the supporters of union but
booth himself was the southerner .however booth made several tours
to north and south for the performance and also to the west. Booth
clearly showed his hate for Abraham Lincoln and his love for south
for this reason he was arrested by the forces in 1862. Although this
arrest was made because of the power and rights were in the hands of
Abraham Lincoln but they both meet each other at several occasions
also like Lincoln watched many plays of booth. He watched the marble
heart at fords theatre in Washington in which john Wilkes booth
performed high. Booth made plans for kidnapping Abraham Lincoln from
his summer residence on November 25 1864 john Wilkes first time
performed with his two other brothers names junius and Edwin.
Booth's plan for kidnapping the Lincoln we fail with the time passes
he decided to shoot Lincoln whenever he found that point at which it
would be done. Booth was the supporter of north and he was against
the powers and special rights given to the Lincoln
Booths Death
In the morning of April 26 booth was arrested by the soldiers
from the tobacco barn which was owned by Richard garrett and David
Harold who surrendered. He was then tried to the tree by the
soldiers and the forces wanted the acceptation of booth for
surrender but he refused to surrender. After his rejection to
surrender he was shot dead by the soldiers fire on the neck. Booth
was in the paralyzed condition because the bullets damaged his
spinal cord. At the time of death he was staring at his hands and
spoken the words
Tell mother I died for my country useless………..useless…..
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After the death the body was taken to the Washington navy yard
for identification at that time his cousin who was also an actor and
was called Blanche Chapman identified his body and was buried in the
old penitentiary. In 1869 the body was given to the booth family
after the second identification made and he was buried at the
unknown place in greenmount cemetery in Baltimore. |
John Wilkes booth was born in the year 1838 he was an
American actor. He was famous for his stage performances as a
theatre actor in his days. His father junius Brutus booth and mother
marry ann. Holmes moves to United States from England in him year
1821 his father junius was also an actor. His home was called silly
place and is still in the same condition as it was in the past but
it is not open for visitors because it is purchased by Harford
County. Booth started his career from the Milton boarding school at
that time he had the knowledge of classical and Shakespeare.
