John Wilkes Booth's final days: How Lincoln's assassin met his end in rural Virginia

John Wilkes Booth's final days: How Lincoln's assassin met his end in rural Virginia

PORT ROYAL, Va. Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic 1865 visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port Royal, Virginia. At the end of the Civil War, President Lincoln strolled through the streets of Richmond on April 4, 1865 where he witnessed firsthand the devastation of the fallen Confederate capital."Ruins everywhere," said historian and National Park Ranger Mike Gorman. "We have several accounts where h…