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"Fondly do we hope...viewing from the stands was John Wilkes Booth"
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The North was celebrating its victory with the fall of Richmond. They celebrated with bonfires, cannon shots, parades.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Grant at Appomattox.
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At the Executive Mansion, President asks the band to play 'Dixie" to celebrate the victory for the Union of the Civil War.
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Thousands gathered at the Executive Mansion driveway with banners and bands to celebrate the great news
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Washington celebrated the end of the war. People light candles and fireworks, causing a "Grand Illumination" of the city.
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"John Wilkes Booth awoke depressed...The Confederacy was dead...Richmond fell to Union forces...Lee's Surrender."
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The Cavalry arrives at Garrett's Farm. They surround the barn and David Herold comes out. He surrenders himself and is arrested. The Soldiers then proceed to burn the barn to flush out booth. Just as booth was about to come outside the barn, he was shot through a crack in the barn through the neck. He says his final words. His pockets are emptied, his body is wrapped in a blanket and transported back to Washington.
