Civil War

Booth was very much for slavery and was very much against abolotionists. He even attended the hanging of an abolotionist! He made clear who he was siding with VERY clearly and made sure people knew he strongly supported the South. Booth's family, just like America, was divided between their support of the North and the South. Some supported the Union and some supported the Confederation. Edwin had finally had enough of John W. Booth's ranting about how "wrong" the Union and Lincoln were and told him that he refused to listen to it for one more second. In 1863, Booth was arrested in St. Louis for saying that he "wished the President and the whole damned government would go to hell." He was charged with talking similar to treason and was sent to jail. He was released only when he took an oath of allegiance to the Union and payed a really big fine.