Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre shortly after the Civil War ended.

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John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre shortly after the Civil War ended.

1863

Civil War

President Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved people in areas under Confederate control to be free.

1963

Civil War

Union forces defeated Robert E. Lee’s army in a pivotal three-day battle in Pennsylvania.