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

President Abraham Lincoln died from a gunshot wound to the head at 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865.

Nov. 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of ...

The nation wanted to see him. Weeks after an assassin gunned down President Abraham Lincoln in a Washington theater, a train pulled his body across a war-pocked United States. The “Lincoln Special” ...

Very few figures in American history are as iconic as the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Before he served in the top office of the U.S., among other achievements, Lincoln was voted into the Illinois ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – President Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address will be reenacted in November as part of the celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary. Lincoln, portrayed by actor ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) — John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theater in Washington, DC, on April 14, 1865. The attack came just days after General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at ...

American history has been marked by intense controversies over both slavery and immigration. Abraham Lincoln denounced slavery as a moral evil but upheld the Constitution, insisting on due process for ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging. As is our annual tradition, we reproduce the text below in commemoration of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. he front page of the Deseret News in April 1865, reporting on the assassination and death of President Abraham Lincoln. Editor’s ...