Rufus, however, knows that Lincoln’s assassination sparks decades of Reconstruction-era infighting and increasingly fraught racial tensions, including horrific lynchings in the South.

They’re making an honest buck from honest Abe. Two front-row balcony tickets from the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated inside Ford’s Theatre have been sold at auction for a cool $262,500 ...

In this March 17, 2015, file photo, John Wilkes Booth's pistol used to kill President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at a new exhibit at the Ford's Center for Education and Leadership.

On the night Abraham Lincoln was shot, April 14, 1865, Associated Press correspondent Lawrence Gobright scrambled to report from the White House, the streets of the stricken capital, and even from ...

It is April 1, 1865, and the American Civil War (1861-1865) has been going on for four, long, bloody, and hard-fought years. The 16th President of the United States, Republican Abraham Lincoln ...

Illinois will relive Lincoln’s assassination and funeral Actors will take the stage April 14 in Springfield, Ill., to perform a comedy that is remembered for its role in an American tragedy.

President Abraham Lincoln became the first president to be assassinated 152 years ago on April 14, 1865, when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford ...

A portrait of Abraham Lincoln, one of a series of photos by Alexander Gardner made April 9, 1865, the week of the assassination. It is believed to be the last photograph made of Lincoln.

August 28, 2020 / 3:05 PM EDT / CBS Boston BOSTON (AP) - This is one macabre auction: A lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination, is up for sale.

On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and his wife went to see a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. At 10:15 p.m., John Wilkes ...

This month marks the 155th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the actor John Wilkes Booth. While most people know the bare facts of what happened, a number of unsolved ...

By Robert J. Hutchinson This month marks the 155th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the actor John Wilkes Booth. While most people know the bare facts of what happened, a numb… ...