Editor’s Note: From 2012 through 2015 as I prepared to cover various Civil War sesquicentennial events, the magnitude of the tragedy of President Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865 came into sharp focus. President Lincoln had just been inaugurated for his second term as president and days before had authorized Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant…
April 14, 1865: President Lincoln assassinated
Story Reference Number: 10149
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