My next three blog posts will focus on the assassination of our sixteenth President, Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. In Part 1, I’ll discuss the assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Later posts will focus on the assassination itself, as well as the aftermath. John Wilkes Booth was born in 1838 and raised on his family … Continue reading The Lincoln Assassination (Part 1): Who was John Wilkes Booth?