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birth of JWB
John Wilkes Booth is born in Maryland to a family of actors on a farm. -
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Childhood
1838-1848 Wilkes childhood where he decides to become an actor like his father and is in the shadow of his brother. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a book written by Harriet Beacher Stowe, an abolitionist. This book was about the hard times of being a slave. It provoked many in the south and made the north angry about the south's ways of life. -
Booth Witneses John Browns Death
Booth was a guard at the hanging of John Brown in the case a supporter of Brown were to save him. -
Election
President Lincoln is elected President and inaugurated March 6, 1861 and by that time seven states have seceded. -
South carolina secedes
South carolina becomes the first player to secede. -
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis is elected leader of the confederacy. -
Start of the civil war
The civil war has begun. -
The Battle of Bull Run
The first major battle of the civil war begins. Most union people thought it was going to be an easy fough battle and setup picnics to watch the battle. It was the exact opposite where the confederates won the battle proving it would not be and easy fought war. -
John Wilkes Booth arrested
John Wilkes Booth is arrested for making bad remarks against President Abraham Lincoln. -
Booth acts as a spy
Throughout the civil war John wilkes booth acted as a spy for the confederacy. He was a very successful actor in the North and South making it easier for him to find information about the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln gives the emancipation Proclamation Freeing slaves. -
Gettysburb battle starts
The battle occurs July 1-3, 1863 -
The Siege at Vicksburg
This battle was a siege by the union at vicksburg which was one of two big losses around that time. -
The Gettysburg address
Lincoln gives the Gettysburg address honorning the fallen soldires at Gettysburg. -
The Battle of the Wilderness
General U.S Grant's first battle. Many casualties from both sides and union victory the result of the battle was inconclusive. The batte was fought in the wilderness. -
Booth Plots to kidnap Lincoln
In the summer of 1864 Booth plots to kidnap Lincoln but later changes his plot when Robert E. Lee surrenders ,and Lincoln makes plans to see a play at Booth's theater. -
The South Surrenders
On April, 9th 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered in the House of William McLean. -
Lincoln assassinated
On good Friday April 14, 1865 while Lincoln is at Ford theater watching a play, John Wilkes Booth sneaks up and shoots Lincoln in the head. After this Booth breaks his leg by jumping out of the President's box and exiting the buildin shouting "Sic Semper Tyranis" (so it is always with tyrants) -
JWB death
Booth is tracked down to the garret's farm(12 days after the murder) and is killed because of the murder he commited against President Lincoln.
