John Wilkes Booth’s planned escape to Virginia was foiled after he was seen hiding in the woodsby a boy hunting with his dog. because he injured his leg in the assassination and had to stop for medical attention. after a military sentry refused to let him cross the Potomac River so he could not escape from Washington D.C. because he got lost and had to backtrack 13 miles on a side road in Maryland

John Wilkes Booth’s planned escape to Virginia was foiled after he was seen hiding in the woodsby a boy hunting with his dog. because he injured his leg in the assassination and had to stop for medical attention. after a military sentry refused to let him cross the Potomac River so he could not escape from Washington D.C. because he got lost and had to backtrack 13 miles on a side road in Maryland