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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]
It is known for being the house where President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 after being shot the previous evening at Ford's Theatre located across the street. The house was built in 1849 by William A. Petersen, a German tailor. Future Vice-President John C. Breckinridge, a friend of the Lincoln family, rented this house in 1852. [2]
Lincoln's funeral train was the first national commemoration of a president's death by rail. Lincoln was observed, mourned, and honored by the citizens and visitors at 13 stops: Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Michigan City, Chicago, and Springfield:
Guests such as John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, had slept on the same bed that a month later would become the President’s deathbed. The bed in which President Lincoln died.
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 ...
President Lincoln in his death bed at Petersen's boarding house, surrounded by doctors, military officers and other officials. This photograph shows the passing of President Lincoln, changing the landscape on how the Union was to be rebuilt after the Civil War Nominated by User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 00:21, 19 August 2008 (UTC) Comments
Lincoln would go on to marry Mary Todd Lincoln in 1842 and have four sons with her, but he'd be plagued by bouts of depression throughout his life, even while he was in the White House during the ...
1865 illustration of Lincoln burial (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper) The receiving vault (foreground) and the tomb (background)The Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States; his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; and three of their four sons: Edward, William, and Thomas.