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