John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor who is most famous for assassinating Abraham Lincoln. A professional and extremely popular stage actor of his day, Booth was a Confederate sympathizer who was dissatisfied by the outcome of the American Civil War.

External links

• The Life and Plot of John Wilkes Booth
• Open Directory Project: John Wilkes Booth
• A History of John Wilkes Booth on National Park Service
• First Edition Report on the Lincoln Assassination, and Biography of John Wilkes Booth
• Booth's escape route (Civil War Trails)
• Booth's grave site
• Booth Legend - Oklahoma Historical Society page that describes the legend that Booth died in Oklahoma