3964107 Carte de visite of John Wilkes Booth, 1862 (albumen print on card) by Silsbee, Case and Co. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silsbee, Case & Co., 299-1/2 Washington Street, Boston, from Dec. 3, 1862 Case & Getchell, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, at Ford\'s Theatre in Washington, D.C. by the actor John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer who denounced Lincoln and opposed the abolition of slavery. Booth was tracked down at a farm in Northern Virginia and shot by Union soldier Boston Corbett).