Presidential Assassinations | Murder for Spoils | 1
American History Tellers
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John Wilkes Booth assassinated president Abraham Lincoln 12 days ago. You helped him in the plot and now you're both fleeing ahead of federal troops. Both are pretending to be Confederate soldiers on the way home from the war. They convince a local farmer to give them shelter inside his tobacco barn. But when they reach the door, it won't open.
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