On April 14th, 1865, just five days after the end of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth during a showing of "Our American Cousin." He was shot with a derringer pistol, and the bullet lodged into Lincoln paralyzing him before it caused his death a day later on April 15th, 1865.
Image: "The Martyr of Liberty," a photograph retrieved from the Library of Congress.
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14 Apr 1865 to 15 Apr 1865
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