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PRESIDENT LINCOLN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1865

Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed Him Today. | Time

At 7:22 a.m., Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States 
died from a bullet wound inflicted the night before by John Wilkes 
Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer. The president’s death came only six days after the surrender of Confederate General Robert
E. Lee and his massive army, effectively ending the
American Civil
War
.

Lincoln Assassination Photograph by Granger

Today in History - April 14 | Library of Congress

John Wilkes Booth - Wikipedia
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865)

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