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Booth eventually was cornered at a farm. Booth refused to surrender. After a short firefight, a bullet struck Booth in "the back of the head about an inch below the spot where his [Booth's] shot had entered the head of Mr. Lincoln" and exited the front of his neck, serving his spinal cord. Unconscious, Booth was carried out onto the steps of the barn. A soldier poured water into his mouth, which Booth woke up by immediatly spatting out, unable to swallow. Booth told the soldier: "Tell my mother I die for my country." In agony, unable to move his limbs, he asked a soldier to lift his hands before his face. | Booth eventually was cornered at a farm. Booth refused to surrender. After a short firefight, a bullet struck Booth in "the back of the head about an inch below the spot where his [Booth's] shot had entered the head of Mr. Lincoln" and exited the front of his neck, serving his spinal cord. Unconscious, Booth was carried out onto the steps of the barn. A soldier poured water into his mouth, which Booth woke up by immediatly spatting out, unable to swallow. Booth told the soldier: "Tell my mother I die for my country." In agony, unable to move his limbs, he asked a soldier to lift his hands before his face. | ||
His last words were "Useless, useless." when he asked for his hands to be raised to his face. Booth | His last words were "Useless, useless." when he asked for his hands to be raised to his face. Booth died two hours afterwards. | ||
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