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5 days ago · Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning.
Oct 27, 2009 · On the evening of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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] .
Jul 21, 2022 · Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865. On April 14, Confederate sympathizer and actor John Wilkes Booth shot the President in the back of the head, mortally wounding him. Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., around 10:20 in the evening.
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Mar 15, 2024 · The background to the Lincoln assassination. On 9 April 1865, Ulysses S Grant, the top general in the Union army, accepted the surrender of his Confederate counterpart, Robert E Lee, at Appomattox Court House, signalling the effective end of the American Civil War. Things came to a head after 9 April 1865, when Confederate commander Robert E ...
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