On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

Secretary of State William Seward was attacked but ultimately survived. Image via Utah Digital Newspapers, the University of ...

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...

A pair of gloves carried by President Lincoln on the night he was shot could sell for over $1 million. Read about the Chicago ...

This week in history, on April 14, 1865, upon hearing the word “sockdologizing,” President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth inside Ford’s Theater in Washington, ...

Hosted by Williams Collection of Lincolniana archivist Kaelynn Edmondson and Susannah J. Ural, the Frank and Virginia ...

Richland County has an interesting link to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln -- and the death of his killer, John Wilkes Booth.