John Wilkes Booth

     Born May 10, 1838, in Bel Air, Maryland, Booth was a pro-Confederate actor who was the perpetrator responsible for the assassination of beloved president Abraham Lincoln as he watched a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, April 4th. Immediately after shooting Lincoln, Booth fled the scene and hid out in an old barn until he was found and killed twelve days later by a soldier of the Union who set the barn he was in on fire. Following this heinous act of murder (four days after the death of Abraham Lincoln), the sole Confederate force who had the ability and power to do any damage, under the command of Joseph E. Johnston, laid down their arms and surrendered. 

     Above is the wanted poster circulated warranting the arrest of Booth and his two (possible/likely) accomplices.