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Abraham Lincoln - Booth's shot

Time: Saturday Apr 15, 1865 at 12:19:00 AM

Place: Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., U.S.

Details: At 10:14 pm, John Wilkes Booth entered the back of Lincoln's theater box, crept up from behind, and fired at the back of Lincoln's head, mortally wounding him. Lincoln's guest Major Henry Rathbone momentarily grappled with Booth, but Booth stabbed him and escaped.

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