Ho tsoa temaneng e fanoeng, qotsa letsatsi leo Lincoln a bolailoeng ka lona
Context:Nakong ea Ntoa ea Lehae ea Amerika (1861<unk>1865), Washington, D.C., motse-moholo oa United States, e ne e le setsi sa boiteko ba ntoa ea Union, e ileng ea e fetola ka potlako ho tloha toropong e nyane ho ea ho motse-moholo o moholo o nang le meaho e felletseng ea sechaba le litšireletso tse matla.  Tšabo ea ho hlōloa ha Union Ntoeng ea Pele ea Bull Run ka Phupu 1861, ha masole a nyahamisitsoeng a ne a lelera literateng tsa motse-moholo, e ile ea etsa hore Mopresidente Abraham Lincoln a laele hore ho hahuoe liqhobosheane tse pharaletseng le lebotho le leholo la masole. Sena se ne se hloka hore masole a mangata a kene, ba fanang ka thepa ea sesole le baetsi ba kaho, e leng se neng se tla etsa hore ho be le tlhokahalo e ncha ea bolulo, ho akarelletsa le lipetlele tsa sesole. Ho felisoa ha bokhoba Washington ka 1862 le hona ho ile ha hohela batho ba bangata ba lokolotsoeng motseng oo. Ntle le boiteko bo le bong ba tlhaselo ea moeta-pele oa mabotho a lipere a Confederate Jubal Early ka 1864, motse-moholo o ile oa lula o sa hlaseloe.  Ha Lincoln a ne a bolaeloa Ford's Theater ka April 1865, batho ba likete ba ile ba phallela Washington ho ea bona lebokose leo, e leng ho ileng ha phahamisa boemo ba motse oo le ho feta. Mopresidente e mocha, Andrew Johnson, o ne a batla ho felisa moea oa lepato' me a hlophisa lenaneo la mekoloko ea tlhōlo, e ileng ea tsosolosa tšepo ea sechaba ka bokamoso.
Lincoln o ile a bolaeloa Ford's Theater ka April 1865