On the night of Abraham Lincoln, he and several friends were watching the performance of “Our American Cousin,” at the Ford Theater. John Wilkes Booth simply walked straight up behind him and fired, shooting Lincoln in the ear with the bullet lodging right behind his eye. Even though doctors tried their best they were unable to save President Lincoln from his injuries and he died later that day. Although Major Henry R. Rathbone, made a great attempt to catch John Wilkes Booth he was unsuccessful, and Booth was able to escape. Booth caught himself on a flag that was draped over the rail, and was able to stay in hiding for twelve days even though he had a shattered bone in his leg, he was then captured, and died in the same day.
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