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What happened when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
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Abraham Lincoln: From a log cabin to the White House
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The assassination of U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, April 14, 1865,...
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U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln, February 5, 1865, photograph by Alexander Gardner.
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John Wilkes Booth.
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derringer used to assassinate Pres. Abraham Lincoln
Derringer used to assassinate U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln; in the Ford's Theatre National...
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The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre—After the Act,...
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Statue of Abraham Lincoln, designed by Daniel Chester French, in the Lincoln Memorial,...
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Lewis Powell after he was arrested for the attempted assassination of U.S. Secretary...
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Broadside advertising a $100,000 reward for the capture of John Surratt, John Wilkes...
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