WASHINGTON D.C. – April 15, 1865 – On the evening of April 14, 1865, just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender effectively ended the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was tragically shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth while attending a performance at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, […]
The Night the Nation Held Its Breath: Lincoln’s Assassination and the Dawn of a Fractured Peace
Washington, D.C. – April 15, 1865 – On the evening of April 14, 1865, just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender effectively ended the American Civil War, the nation was plunged back into a profound and unprecedented crisis. At approximately 10:15 p.m., while attending a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford
