Sadly, Abraham Lincoln died just hours later when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre. The Lincoln assassination was one of the most dramatic days in American history.

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

_ This April 1865 photo provided by the Library of Congress shows President Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theater, ...

The Brown County Museum of History shared the following information on social media: Step back in time with us on Thursday, ...

Secretary of State William Seward was attacked but ultimately survived. Image via Utah Digital Newspapers, the University of ...

April 14 is the 160th anniversary of the assassination of Lincoln. What if John Wilkes Booth had chosen reconciliation over ...

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

Why was the president not protected properly? Much went back to the events directly prior to the assassination when Lincoln’s bodyguard, John Parker, disappeared. Charlie Forbes would also play ...

There she cradled Lincoln’s bleeding head in her lap. A 4" by 3" slide depicting the assassination Later that night Lincoln was moved to the nearby Petersen House, where surgeons, cabinet ...

Richland County has an interesting link to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln -- and the death of his killer, John Wilkes Booth.

America’s greatest president had moral vision, strategic genius, and astounding eloquence.