Because of his death, Lincoln remained in history as a national martyr, with a great number of historians having recognized him as the greatest American president. Also, John Wilkes Booth is considered to be one of the most famous criminals ever to have lived. All of the people having taken part in Lincoln's assassination have been blinded by their passion for the Confederacy; otherwise they would have realized that their actions would not accomplish what they had in mind, as it had been virtually impossible for them to bring back slavery and the Confederacy.
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Pitman, Benn. (1865). "The assassination of President Lincoln and the trial of the conspirators." Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin.
Steers, Edward. (2003). "The trial: the assassination of President Lincoln and the trial of the conspirators." University Press of Kentucky.
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