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Who was the ex-confederate spy who helped the fugitives chasing lincoln's killer

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Michael O'Laughlen.

Step-by-step explanation:

O'Laughlen was a childhood friend of John Wilkes Booth, living across the street from the Booth family in Baltimore. An ex-Confederate soldier and one of Booth's earliest recruits in the fall of 1864, O'Laughlen agreed to assist in the plot to kidnap President Lincoln.

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