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As the audience laughed, Booth took out a pistol, and aimed his pistol at the back of Lincoln's head at near point-blank range. Booth pulled the trigger and Lincoln was mortally wounded. Lincoln's guest in the box, Major Henry Rathbone lept to his feet and grabbed John Wilkes Booth and Booth dropped his pistol. They struggled and fought, but Booth pulled out his knife and stabbed Rathbone near his shoulder. Booth then turned to jump from the balcony and Lincoln sat up and grabbed onto Booth's coat causing him to dangle over the balcony, Booth fell down from the stage, yelled "Sic semper tyrannis!" (This is the fate of every tyrant.) and escaped leaving the dying President behind. Some witnesses state that he also yelled "The South's is avenged!" <span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">An army surgeon</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> saw that Lincoln's wound was mortal. The President was taken across the street from the theater to the Petersen House, where he lapsed into a coma for nine hours before dying early the next morning.</span>

Booth eventually was captured and shot at a farm. The 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. Unconcious, 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 captured and shot at a farm. The 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. Unconcious, 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.

[[File:Booth's_Grave.jpg|thumb]]His dying words were "Useless, useless." when he asked for his hands to be raised to his face. Booth fell unconcious a second time. He died two hours after later, he never regained conciuness.

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 As the audience laughed, Booth took out a pistol, and aimed his pistol at the back of Lincoln's head at near point-blank range. Booth pulled the trigger and Lincoln was mortally wounded. Lincoln's guest in the box, Major Henry Rathbone lept to his feet and grabbed John Wilkes Booth and Booth dropped his pistol. They struggled and fought, but Booth pulled out his knife and stabbed Rathbone near his shoulder. Booth then turned to jump from the balcony and Lincoln sat up and grabbed onto Booth's coat causing him to dangle over the balcony, Booth fell down from the stage, yelled "Sic semper tyrannis!" (This is the fate of every tyrant.) and escaped leaving the dying President behind. Some witnesses state that he also yelled "The South's is avenged!" <span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">An army surgeon</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> saw that Lincoln's wound was mortal. The President was taken across the street from the theater to the Petersen House, where he lapsed into a coma for nine hours before dying early the next morning.</span>
-Booth eventually was captured and shot at a farm. The 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. Unconcious, 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 captured and shot at a farm. The 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. Unconcious, 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.
 [[File:Booth's_Grave.jpg|thumb]]His dying words were "Useless, useless." when he asked for his hands to be raised to his face. Booth fell unconcious a second time. He died two hours after later, he never regained conciuness.