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On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, [2] Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. [3]
Abraham Lincoln, painting by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1869 Lincoln in February 1865, two months before his death. As a young man Lincoln was a religious skeptic. [348] He was deeply familiar with the Bible, quoting and praising it. [349] He was private about his position on organized religion and respected the beliefs of others. [350]
16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865) 3 years, 47 days before 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868) 4 years, 176 days before 14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869) 8 years, 327 days before 13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874) 20th president James A. Garfield (died September 19, 1881)
Wednesday is the 150th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln, and while most Americans know the history of his assassination, many aren't aware of some of the odd facts related to ...
Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863.The theater is best known for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box where Lincoln was watching a performance of Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin, slipped the single-shot, 5.87-inch derringer from his pocket and fired at ...
Depiction of John Wilkes Booth (far left) preparing to shoot Abraham Lincoln; Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone are with the president. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close. He died the following morning at the age of 56.
Lincoln's Cabinet members, generals, and various members of Congress were allowed to see the President, except Secretary of State William Seward, who had been nearly killed in an assassination attempt by Lewis Powell, one of John Wilkes Booth's henchmen, in the same night as the assassination of Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln died in the house on ...
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