AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
LINCOLNS ASSASSINATION
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Detailed explanation-1: -An hour after dawn the next morning, Abraham Lincoln died, becoming the first president to be assassinated. His body was taken to the White House, where it lay until April 18, at which point it was carried to the Capitol rotunda to lay in state on a catafalque.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. He was the first president to be assassinated, with his funeral and burial marking an extended period of national mourning.
Detailed explanation-3: -He was wounded in the chest. The first President assassinated was Lincoln, who was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, at a theater performance he had not wished to attend. He had gone to Ford’s Theater out of a sense of obligation to a public that had expected to see General Grant, who was unable to attend.