Abraham Lincoln assasinated

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, one of the last major events in the American Civil War, took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, at approximately 10 p.m. President Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre with his wife, Mary Todd, and two guests. Booth then jumped out of the box and on to the stage, breaking his leg in the process. Lincoln died the following day—April 15, 1865—at 7:22 a.m., in the home of William Petersen.

Although there was a larger plot to kill other major political figures, President Lincoln was the only one who was really unprotected-even Mr. Lincoln didn't have the slightest idea that John Wilkes Booth would dare such a thing! Only madmen shoot even murder in cold blood!

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