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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, half-length portrait, seated [81] May 16, 1861 [82] Mathew Brady [83] Carte-de-visite printed from one frame of the lost original multiple-image stereographic negative [84] Library of Congress President Abraham Lincoln, seated next to small table, in a reflective pose, May 16, 1861, with his hat visible on the table. [85 ...
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The Mary E. Surratt Boarding House in Washington, D.C. was the site of meetings of conspirators to kidnap and subsequently to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. [2] It was operated as a boarding house by Mary Surratt from September 1864 to April 1865. [2]
By Christian Nilsson, HuffPost Live producer Wednesday is the 150th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln, and while most Americans know the history of his assassination, many aren ...
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated, shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, ... Hours after the assassination, police arrested Lee Harvey ...
Abraham Lincoln, an 1869 portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy Lincoln in February 1865, two months prior to his assassination. As a young man Lincoln was a religious skeptic. [349] He was deeply familiar with the Bible, quoting and praising it. [350] He was private about his position on organized religion and respected the beliefs of others ...