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1865 - Assassination
Resources for Teachers
Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide
Lincoln's Assassination Collection Connection for Washington During the Civil War
: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865.
Oh Captain, My Captain: Lyrical Legacy
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress.
Artifacts of Assassination
: American Treasures of the Library of Congress Memory Exhibition.
Account of Lincoln Assassination
: American Treasures of the Library of Congress Memory Exhibition.
Oh Captain, My Captain
: American Treasures of the Library of Congress Memory Exhibition.
Now He Belongs to the Ages
: American Treasures of the Library of Congress Memory Exhibition.
$100,000 Reward Poster
: American Treasures of the Library of Congress Memory Exhibition.
Whitman's Elegy for Lincoln: Webcast
Chase for Lincoln's Killer: Webcast
What Events Led to Lincoln's Assassination?
This lesson plan submitted to History Now uses primary sources from the Library of Congress to help students identify what events led to President Lincoln's death.
Resources for Students
Today in History, April 14, 1865, Assassination of President Lincoln
Today in History: February 9: Oh Captain, My Captain
What's in your Pocket? April 2003 Wise Guide
The Assassination of President Lincoln, April 14, 1865 America's Story: Jump Back in Time
What's in your Pocket? America's Story: Meet Amazing People
Library of Congress Primary Sources
Washington DC 1865-David E. Herold, one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators: Prints and Photographs
Washington, District of Columbia. Execution of the conspirators: View of the scaffold: Prints and Photographs
Washington Navy Yard,
District of Columbia, Samuel Arnold, a conspirator (seated): Prints and Photographs
Washington D.C., 1865-Michael O'Laughlen, one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators: Print and Photographs
President Abraham Lincoln's hearse
, Springfield S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago: Prints and Photographs
Home of Mr. Petersen, opposite Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., where the President Died
; House of Wm. H. Seward, Washington, D.C.: Prints and Photographs
William A. Petersen House
, 516 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, D.C.: American Memory
Coffin containing the remains of President Lincoln
; Small doors leading to the President's box, Ford's theatre...; Murder of President Lincoln; Mr. Lincoln carried from the theatre to Petersen's house, opposite; Booth's stable..; Rear of Ford's theattre.. showing door by which Booth made his escape: Prints and Photographs
Ford's Theatre
, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, D.C.: Prints and Photographs
Ford's Theatre
, Washington, D.C.: Prints and Photographs
Assassination of President Lincoln
: at Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., April 14, 1865: American Memory
Eugenie to Mary Todd Lincoln
, Friday, April 28, 1865 (Condolences in French): American Memory
Louis Philippe to Mary Todd Lincoln
, Friday, May 15, 1865 (Condolences): American Memory
John Bigelow to Mary Todd Lincoln
, Friday, December 7, 1866 (Sends gold medal from French republicans): American Memory
The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft
, 1861-1865, Volume 3, January 1, 1864-May 30, 1865, April 30, 1865: American Memory
Queen Victoria to Mary Todd Lincoln
, Saturday, April 29, 1865 (Condolences): American Memory
The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft
, 1861-1865, Volume 3, January 1, 1864-May 30, 1865, May 20, 1865: American Memory
The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft
, 1861-1865, Volume 3, January 1, 1864-May 30, 1865, April 14, 1865: American Memory
Other Resources
University of Missouri-Kansas City - Lincoln Conspirator
Surrat House Museum