John Wilkes Booth By Ellen Scharf Nov 9, 1864 Booth visited Bryantown tavern in southern mary land Mar 17, 1865 Booth plans to kidnap Lincoln Apr 3, 1865 Richmond, virginia fell to Union forces Apr 9, 1865 General Lee and the Northern Virginia army surrendered to Union General Grant Apr 11, 1865 Lincoln's speech makes booth mad Apr 14, 1865 Booth gets his conspirators to plan to strike aganist Lincoln Apr 14, 1865 Booth plans another mission to kill the union gvt's top leaders Apr 14, 1865 Booth shot Lincoln and stabed Rathbone's arm Apr 18, 1865 Booth plans to slip into the theater Apr 20, 1865 Booth, Harold, and Jones went to escape by boat and ended up bacl in Virginia Apr 26, 1865 Booth dies