+John Wilkes Booth was an American [actor](/wiki/actor) and Confederate sympathizer. He is infamous for the [assassination](/wiki/assassination) of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in April 1865, a pivotal event following the [American Civil War](/wiki/american_civil_war).
+## See also
+- [Abraham Lincoln](/wiki/abraham_lincoln)
+- [Assassination](/wiki/assassination)
+- [Confederacy](/wiki/confederacy)
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