Daily News | AppleTV+’s ‘Manhunt,’ about the search for John Wilkes Booth, is currently filming in Philadelphia
As Swanson details in his book, following Lincoln’s assassination, Union cavalry troops pursued Booth for 12 days, from Washington, D.C., to Garret’s Farm near Port Royal, Virginia. It was there that Booth was shot and killed, bringing an end to the manhunt on April 26, 1865.
Manhunt will feature a number of portrayals of historical figures, including Lincoln himself , first lady Mary Todd Lincoln , Booth , Lincoln’s War Secretary and leader of the Booth manhunt Edwin Stanton , and Mary Simms , a former slave who treated Booth for a broken leg. Historically, while Booth murdered Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and did not hide in Philadelphia following the assassination,
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