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April 30, 1865

President Lincoln got shot John Booth. He got shot while he was watching "Our American Cousin" at Fords theater. He got shot at 10:24pm. About 12 days later Booth was killed. He was killed in a barn in Virginia on Garret Farm. Troops set the barn that Booth was in on fire and that rushed him out then Corbett shot him. Booths last words were "Tell my mother I died for my country".