He hopped on his rented horse and went to southern Maryland, got his leg fixed by a Doctor Who knew nothing of the shooting, and then ran away to a barn.
He hid out in a barn in Virginia after he shot President Lincoln.
Booth went to Ford's Theatre where Lincoln, his wife and their guests were watching a performance of "Our American Cousin".
its john WILKES booth you idiot
About 10:30 A.M. on the morning of April 14, 1865, a White House messenger arrived at Ford's Theatre. He indicated that the Lincolns wanted to reserve the State Box for the evening performance. The Lincolns had chosen to go to Ford's. In the next hour Booth stopped by Ford's to pick up his mail. While there he learned from Harry Clay Ford that the Lincolns and Grants (who did not go) would be attending the evening performance of Our American Cousin.
He did not go to jail he was shot several times in a barn in virgina.
He tried to kidnap Lincoln to force him to let prisoners go, but then decided to assasinate Lincoln. After Lincoln's body guard left Wilkes ran up to the theatre box where he was sitting and shot him.
Booth shot and murdered President Abraham Lincoln. After the assassination of President Lincoln, the North took harsh measures against the South. The reunification the country did not go as well under President Andrew Johnson as it would have under President Lincoln, If President Lincoln had not been shot. President Johnson did not like Black people, and he was not in favor of civil rights as President Lincoln was.
Correct John Wilkes Booth was thought to be dead because many people say that he died in a barn after he got shot. But others say that he had someone dress up to look just like him. So when his friend that looked like him go to the barn that gave time for John Wilkes Booth to escape his death. The person that was shot was not John Wilkes Booth. The man had almost the same name. He had the name of John Wilker Booth. Incorrect No. He is dead. He got paralized by a bullet shot in his spinal cord.
Booth went into Maryland to inform a group of people planning to kidnap Lincoln that Lincoln would be attending Ford's Theatre that night. On his return he was arrested at the Navy Yard Bridge and spent the rest of the day in prison.
She had 3 out 4 of her sons dead of illnesses and her loving husband dead, she even tried commit suicide after her husbands death by a man named John Wilkes Booth. If i were her i`d go crazy too.
He came ashore at dawn on 23 April 1865.
Booth personally killed only President Lincoln. However, his co-conspirator Lewis Powell (aka Paine) made an attempt on the life of Secretary of State William Seward. A third conspirator, George Atzerodt, was supposed to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson, but got drunk and didn't go through with it.