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A soldier who rarely went to the theater witnessed the drama of the century on April 14, 1865. Captain Roeliff Brinkerhoff was sitting across from the president’s box during the performance at Ford’s Theatre the night President Lincoln was assassinated. He was one of the few present to notice John Wilkes Booth approach the presidential …
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