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On April 14, 1865, as he sat in Ford's Theater watching a comedy, President Lincoln was assassinated. Already the dominant symbol of the Civil War, he became a martyred hero on his sudden and violent death. Police blotter listing the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, 11:00 p.m., April 14, 1865National Archives, Records of the ...
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Accompanying him at Ford's Theatre that night were his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, a twenty-eight year-old officer named Major Henry R. Rathbone, and Rathbone's fiancée, Clara Harris.
1 day ago · Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Lincoln and his cabinet.
Dec 28, 2023 · On April 14, 1865, five days after the Confederate surrender, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. This guide provides access to material related to the "Lincoln Assassination" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers.
Dec 28, 2023 · Last photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken before his assassination (Right). April 12, 1940. The Key West Citizen (Key West, FL), Image 4. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. On April 15, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth during a special performance at Ford’s Theater.
Apr 14, 2015 · The Lincoln Assassination Plot. 6. Mary Todd Lincoln thought the vice president was involved in the conspiracy. Hours before shooting Lincoln, Booth had mysteriously called on Johnson at the ...
Feb 9, 2010 · President Lincoln dies. At 7:22 a.m., Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, dies from a bullet wound inflicted the night before by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate ...
