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

He was eventually located 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 wounded in a scuffle after being captured. He died a few hours later from his injuries. 

Booth's death marked 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 violence in American history.