What is Assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
[[File:Lincoln assassination slide c1900.png|thumb|right|alt=Image of Lincoln being shot by Booth while sitting in a theater booth.|Shown in the presidential booth of Ford's Theatre, from left to right, are assassin [[John Wilkes Booth]], Abraham Lincoln, [[Mary Todd Lincoln]], [[Clara Harris]], and [[Henry Rathbone]]]] The '''assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]]''' was one of the last events in the [[American Civil War]], and happened on [[Good Friday]], April 14, 1865. [[President of the United States|President]] Lincoln was shot while watching the play ''Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theatre in [[Washington, D.C.]]. He died early the next morning. Lincoln's killer, [[John Wilkes Booth]], was an actor and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] supporter who had plotted with other men to kill the [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], [[William H. Seward]] and the [[Vice President]] [[Andrew Johnson]]. Booth hoped to create disorder and overthrow the Northern government by doing this. Booth was able to kill Lincoln, but Seward and Johnson survived. Lincoln was the first American president to be [[assassination|assassinated]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer|last=Swanson|first=James|year=2006|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=9780060518493}}</ref> ==Events== On April 14, Lincoln went to attend a play with his wife at Ford's Theatre in [[Washington, D.C.]]. During the third act of the play, following a line in the play that was the biggest laugh of the night, Lincoln was laughing at this line when he was shot.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy |last=Goodrich |first=Thomas |page=96 |publisher=Indiana University Press |date=2006 |isbn=9780253218896}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1865 April 29: The National Calamity—Further Details of the Assassination|date=29 April 2015 |url=https://thecivilwarandnorthwestwisconsin.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/1865-april-29-the-national-calamity-further-details-of-the-assa