{"id":6354,"date":"2012-07-17T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=6354"},"modified":"2012-07-17T09:00:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T09:00:37","slug":"barbara-rainey-quotes-an-assassinated-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/17\/barbara-rainey-quotes-an-assassinated-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Rainey Quotes An Assassinated President"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wildhorse Entertainment presents our weekly <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIndependent Superstar Quote Spot\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brought to you by Barbara Rainey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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“Nearly all men can stand adversity,but if you want to test a man’s character,\u00a0give him power.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0Abraham Lincoln<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Have a fantastic week keeping it COUNTRY!!<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Who\u00a0Assassinated Abraham Lincoln ?<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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John Wilkes Booth the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Wilkes Booth<\/strong>\u00a0(May 10, 1838\u00a0\u2013 April 26, 1865) was a famous American\u00a0stage actor<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0assassinated<\/a>\u00a0President<\/a>\u00a0Abraham Lincoln<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Ford’s Theatre<\/a>, in\u00a0Washington, D.C.<\/a>, on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century\u00a0Booth theatrical family<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Maryland<\/a>\u00a0and, by the 1860s, was a well-known actor.[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0He was also a\u00a0Confederate<\/a>\u00a0sympathizer vehement in his denunciation of the Lincoln Administration and outraged by the South’s defeat in the\u00a0American Civil War<\/a>. He strongly opposed\u00a0\u00a0Lincoln’s proposal to extend\u00a0voting rights<\/a>\u00a0 and citizenship<\/a>\u00a0to recently emancipated slaves.<\/p>\n

Booth and a group of co-conspirators originally plotted to kidnap Lincoln, but later planned to kill him,\u00a0Vice President<\/a>\u00a0Andrew Johnson<\/a>, and\u00a0Secretary of State<\/a>\u00a0William Seward<\/a>\u00a0in a bid to help the Confederacy’s cause.[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Although\u00a0Robert E. Lee<\/a>‘s\u00a0Army of Northern Virginia<\/a>\u00a0had surrendered four days earlier, Booth believed the war was not yet over because Confederate General\u00a0Joseph E. Johnston<\/a>‘s army was still fighting the\u00a0Union Army<\/a>. Of the conspirators, only Booth was completely successful in carrying out his respective part of the plot. Seward was wounded but recovered; Lincoln died the next morning from a single gunshot wound to the back of the head.\u00a0Following the shooting, Booth fled on horseback to southern\u00a0Maryland<\/a>, eventually making his way to a farm in rural northern\u00a0Virginia<\/a>\u00a012 days later, where he was tracked down. Booth’s companion gave himself up, but Booth refused and was shot by a Union soldier; the barn in which he was hiding was then set ablaze. Eight other conspirators or suspects were tried and convicted, and four were\u00a0hanged<\/a>\u00a0shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

Over the years, various authors have suggested that Booth escaped his pursuers and subsequently died many years later under a pseudonym.<\/p>\n

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/p>\n

If you would like to comment on this Quote supplied to us by Barbara Rainey then you are most welcome to do so.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Wildhorse Entertainment presents our weekly \u201cIndependent Superstar Quote Spot\u201d Brought to you by Barbara Rainey. ******* “Nearly all men can stand adversity,but if you want to test a man’s character,\u00a0give him power.”\u00a0 \u00a0Abraham Lincoln \u00a0******* Have a fantastic week keeping it COUNTRY!! \u00a0-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Who\u00a0Assassinated Abraham Lincoln ? John Wilkes Booth\u00a0(May 10, 1838\u00a0\u2013 April 26, 1865) was a famous American\u00a0stage actor\u00a0who\u00a0assassinated\u00a0President\u00a0Abraham Lincoln\u00a0at\u00a0Ford’s Theatre, in\u00a0Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century\u00a0Booth theatrical family\u00a0from\u00a0Maryland\u00a0and, by the 1860s, was a well-known actor.[1]\u00a0He was also a\u00a0Confederate\u00a0sympathizer vehement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}