John Wilkes Booth: Difference between revisions

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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" ~~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 sergeant named Boston Corbett crept up behind the barn and shot Booth, severing his spinal cord with the bullet wound being in "the back of the head about an inch below the spot where his [Booth's] shot had entered the head of Mr. Lincoln". Booth was carried out onto the steps of the barn. A soldier poured water into his mouth, which Booth 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 died two hours afterwards.

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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" 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 sergeant named Boston Corbett crept up behind the barn and shot Booth, severing his spinal cord with the bullet wound being in "the back of the head about an inch below the spot where his [Booth's] shot had entered the head of Mr. Lincoln". Booth was carried out onto the steps of the barn. A soldier poured water into his mouth, which Booth 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 died two hours afterwards.