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John Wilkes Booth

5/10/1838 - 4/26/1865
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Last Words

"Useless, useless."

Death & Legacy

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The murder of Mr. Lincoln set off a wave of national grief.

Read full obituary from The New York Times

Details

Cause of Death
Gunshot wound
Age at Death
26 years
Funeral Location
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Final Resting Place
Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, USA