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"Fondly do we hope..." Viewing from the stands was John Wilkes Booth.
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The North was celebrating the victory of the fall of Richmond. They celebrated with the Grand Illumination which included, gunshots, fireworks, light shows, and putting candles around their houses.
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Confederate Genral Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Grant at Appomattox.
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From the Executive Mansion President Lincoln asks the band to play the song "Dixie" to celebrate the victory for the Union of the Civil War.
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Thousands of people gathered at the Executive Mansion highway with banners and bands to celebrate the big news.
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Washington celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city.
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It was Good Friday and the Confederacy was dead. John Booth was enraged, as he had been enduring a week of misfortunes.
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The Cavalry arrives at Garrett's farm. They surround the barn and David Herold comes out. He surrenders himself and is arrested. The soldiers then proceeded to burn the barn to flush out Booth. Just as Booth was about to come outside of the barn, he was shot through a crack in the barn in the neck, through his spinal column. He is carried to the porch. He says his final words. His pockets are emptied. His body is wrapped in a blanket and transported back to Washington by carriage.
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