The Civil War ends with the Confederacy 's defeat . Lincoln receives reports that the vampires in the South are fleeing to Asia and South America in the wake of the slave system 's collapse . Happy for the first time in many years , he attends a play at Ford 's Theater , only to be assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth . Booth expects the vampires to rally around Lincoln 's death but instead finds himself shunned and hiding in a Virginia barn as Union troops arrive to arrest him . Henry arrives and confronts Booth inside the burning barn , killing him . After Booth is killed , Lincoln 's body is brought by a funeral train back to Springfield , Illinois , where Henry stands guard
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (novel)