America’s Largest Manhunt | The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth

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Published Oct 24, 2026

It was the largest manhunt in history--ten thousand federal troops, detectives and police hunted those responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. See more in this special, "The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth."

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