BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20080101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:John Wilkes Boothe Killed UID:2010-09-29-14-43-28-63-0@AmericanHistoryCalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=4;BYMONTHDAY=26 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260426 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260427 DTSTAMP:20260502T060508 CATEGORIES:Civil War Events,Presidential Events LOCATION:Port Royal\, Virginia GEO:38.1717974;-77.1910885 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

John Wilkes Booth, the a ssassin who killed President Abraham Lincoln, was tracked down and killed on April 26, 1865, during a manhunt that lasted nearly two weeks. After as sassinating Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C., Booth fled the city and went into hiding.

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He was eventually lo cated in a barn in Garrett, Virginia, where he had been hiding with his co -conspirator, David Herold. Union soldiers surrounded the barn, and after a standoff, Booth was shot. Some reports suggest that Booth was shot by a soldier named Boston Corbett, while others claim that Booth was fatally wo unded in a scuffle after being captured. He died a few hours later from hi s injuries. 

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Booth's death marked the end of the search for the m an who assassinated President Lincoln, and his actions are remembered as o ne of the most significant acts of violence in American history.

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DESCRIPTION:John Wilkes Booth\, the assassin who killed President Abraham L incoln\, was tracked down and killed on April 26\, 1865\, during a manhunt that lasted nearly two weeks. After assassinating Lincoln on April 14\, 1 865\, at Ford's Theatre in Washington\, D.C.\, Booth fled the city and wen t into hiding.\nHe was eventually located in a barn in Garrett\, Virginia\ , where he had been hiding with his co-conspirator\, David Herold. Union s oldiers surrounded the barn\, and after a standoff\, Booth was shot. Some reports suggest that Booth was shot by a soldier named Boston Corbett\, wh ile others claim that Booth was fatally wounded in a scuffle after being c aptured. He died a few hours later from his injuries. \nBooth's death mar ked the end of the search for the man who assassinated President Lincoln\, and his actions are remembered as one of the most significant acts of vio lence in American history.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6780-john-wil kes-boothe-killed?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR