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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]
They were not the first. Two months earlier (on July 17, 1871) it was Lincoln's son Thomas ("Tad") Lincoln, born April 4, 1853, who was the first Lincoln placed into a crypt in the Lincoln Tomb. Tad died on July 15, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois, aged eighteen. Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882).
Last surviving person to witness the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln Samuel James Seymour (March 28, 1860 – April 12, 1956) was an American man who claimed to be the last surviving person to witness the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865.
At 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln breathed for the last time. The 16th President of the United States had unintentionally ended his administration - an administration that had taken ...
Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City. Lincoln accepted the nomination with great enthusiasm and zeal. After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe ...
The Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln, designed by John B. Bachelder and painted by Alonzo Chappel (1868), depicting together those who visited the dying president throughout the night and early morning of April 14–15, 1865
From Ted Bundy to John Wayne Gacy, we've got 12 meals that prisoners on death row ordered as their last meal. While fried chicken seemed to be a popular menu choice, others have the most simple ...
Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address was a speech made by President-elect Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois on February 11, 1861. The speech was one of Lincoln's most emotional, as he and the public knew there were tremendous challenges ahead and it was uncertain when he would ever return to Springfield.