Twelve Days of Hunting and a Shot in the Back: The U.S. Army's Revenge Against Lincoln's Assassin

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Twelve Days of Hunting and a Shot in the Back: The U.S. Army's Revenge Against Lincoln's Assassin

A dry shot marked the beginning of the nightmare. The night of April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre (Washington D.C.), a man with a name and last name changed the destiny of the United States with a revolver shot. The clock struck ten o'clock when John Wilkes Booth fired at the skull of President Abraham Lincoln while he enjoyed 'Our American Cousin'. Seconds later, the assassin jumped desperately from the balcony and started another performance. H…