On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., one month into his second term and towards the conclusion of the American C
John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre
A Carte de visite of the actor John Wilkes Booth, c. 1865
The Surratt boarding house, where the conspirators planned
Ford's Theatre
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and p
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
…On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., one month into his second term and towards the conclusion of…
Lincoln in 1863
Mary Todd Lincoln with Willie and Tad
A daguerreotype of Lincoln, taken around 1847, the earliest known photograph of him
Lincoln in 1858, the year of his debates with Stephen Douglas over slavery