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Date	April 14, 1865
Location	United States • Washington, D.C. • Ford’s Theatre
Context	American Civil War • Confederate States of America

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Ford's Theatre was later bought by the federal government and converted into office space for the War Department.
Some 10,000 federal police officers, troops, and detectives were involved in tracking down and capturing John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of Lincoln.
Mary Todd Lincoln believed that Vice President Andrew Johnson had prior knowledge of or had been involved in the assassination.

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president of United States

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