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On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln's death, the possibility of peace with magnanimity died. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from âThe Presidents of the United States of America,â by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association.
Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer on April 14, 1865 in the Presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. After the shooting, Lincoln was taken to a home across the street, where he died the next day.