Kubva mundima yakapiwa, bvisa musi wakaurayiwa Lincoln
Context:Munguva yeHondo yeVanhu veAmerica (1861-1865), Washington, D.C., guta guru reUnited States, raive muzinda wehondo yeUnion, iyo yakakurumidza kuishandura kubva kuguta diki kuita guta guru rine zvivakwa zvevagari vemo zvakakwana uye dziviriro dzakasimba.  Kushamiswa kwokukundwa kweUnion paHondo Yokutanga yeBull Run muna Chikunguru 1861, nemauto akashaya simba achifamba mumigwagwa yeguta guru, kwakaita kuti Mutungamiri Abraham Lincoln arayire masvingo makuru uye varwi vakawanda. Izvozvo zvaida kuti mauto, vanopa zvinhu zvechiuto, uye vanovaka zvivako zviwande, izvo zvaizoita kuti pave nezvivako zvitsva, kusanganisira zvipatara zvechiuto. Kubviswa kwouranda muWashington muna 1862 kwakakwezvawo vanhu vazhinji vakasunungurwa kuguta racho. Kunze kwokumwe kuedza kupinda kwakaitwa nomutungamiriri weConfederate wevatasvi vamabhiza Jubal Early muna 1864, dzimbahwe racho rakaramba risingakundiki.  Apo Lincoln akapondwa muFord's Theater muna April 1865, zviuru zvakaungana muWashington kuzoona bhokisi, zvichisimudzira zvikuru mukurumbira weguta racho. Purezidhendi mutsva, Andrew Johnson, aida kuparadza mamiriro ezvinhu omariro ndokuronga purogiramu yemhemberero dzorukundo, idzo dzakamutsidzira tariro dzavanhu nokuda kwenguva yemberi.
Lincoln akapondwa muFord's Theater muna April 1865