Capture and death of John Wilkes Booth, near Port Royal, Virginia, April 26, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Capture and death of John Wilkes Booth, near Port Royal, Virginia, April 26, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image
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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 3, 2013.
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engraving
Original caption
The killing of Booth, the assassin - The dying murderer drawn from the barn where he had taken refuge, on Garrett's Farm, near Port Royal, VA., April 26, 1865. - From a sketch by an eye-witness.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 13, 1865, 113.
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