{UAH} Abraham Lincoln was assassinated as the Civil War drew to a close - The Washington Post
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered. The Civil War was all but over! The North had won!
Five days later, President Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, decided to see a play at Ford's Theatre, near the White House. The president was tired from the strain of leading the nation through four years of bloodshed. An evening out often lifted his spirits. So on the night of April 14, 1865 — 150 years ago next week — the Lincolns went to the theater.
The actor John Wilkes Booth was hanging around Ford's Theatrewhen he heard that the president was coming that night to see "Our American Cousin." Booth hated Lincoln. The North's victory meant the end of slavery in the South, a land Booth loved. He had wanted to harm Lincoln for a long time. Now was his big chance.
Booth went back to Ford's that night and sneaked into the presidential box. He carried a small pistol that fired just a single shot. It was all he would need.
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