The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.
Phenix City, Ala. Come raft with us on the Chattahoochee River in Phenix City, Ala., the longest urban whitewater rafting in the world! The course has been described to be âWild as Colorado and Warm as Costa Rica.â USA Today picked the Chattahoochee Whitewater Park as one of the Top 12 man-made Adventures in the World!
Nile River: 4,238 miles (6,825 kilometers). Amazon River: 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers). The Nile is now considered the longest river in the world. At one time, the Para River was considered to be part of the Amazon's mouth, so when added to the length of the Amazon, its distance exceeded that of the Nile.