Kule ndima enikeziwe, khipha usuku uLincoln abulawa ngalo
Context:Phakathi neMpi Yombango YaseMelika (1861<unk>1865), iWashington, D.C., inhloko-dolobha yase-United States, yayiyisikhungo somzamo wempi we-Union, owaguqula ngokushesha idolobha elincane laba inhloko-dolobha enkulu enengqalasizinda ephelele yezakhamuzi nokuzivikela okuqinile.  Ukushaqeka kokunqotshwa kwe-Union eMpini Yokuqala yaseBull Run ngoJulayi 1861, namabutho ayedangele azulazula emigwaqweni yenhloko-dolobha, kwenza uMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln wayala ukuqiniswa okubanzi kanye nebutho elikhulu. Lokho kwakudinga ukuthutheleka kwamasosha, abahlinzeki bezempi nosonkontileka bezokwakha, okwakungadala isidingo esisha sezindawo zokuhlala, kuhlanganise nezibhedlela zamasosha. Ukuqedwa kobugqila eWashington ngo-1862 nakho kwadonsela abantu abaningi abakhululiwe edolobheni. Ngaphandle kokuzama kokuhlasela okukodwa komholi wamabutho ahamba ngamahhashi ase-Confederate uJubal Early ngo - 1864, inhloko - dolobha yahlala ingenakunqotshwa.  Lapho uLincoln ebulawa eFord's Theater ngo-April 1865, izinkulungwane zathuthelekela eWashington ukuze zibone umphongolo, zaqhubeka zikhulisa idumela laleli dolobha. Umongameli omusha, u-Andrew Johnson, wayefuna ukuqeda isimo somngcwabo futhi wahlela isimiso sokumasha kokunqoba, okwavuselela ithemba lomphakathi ngekusasa.
ULincoln wabulawa eFord's Theatre ngo-April 1865