This category lists pages and sites that tell about the death of Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln died the morning of April 15, 1865, just hours after John Wilkes Booth allegedly shot him in the back of the head at near point-blank range inside Ford's Theatre.
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- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Photos and a brief history of the site of the assassination, which is now managed by the National Park Service.
- Flight and capture of John H. Surratt Excerpt from Gen. T. M. Harris' book of the 1890s.
- Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library-assassination Account of the assassination with contemporary illustrations. From the Library of Congress.
- News of Abraham Lincoln's Death Official dispatches as published in the New York Times following Lincoln's death.
- Lincoln Assassination Report Police blotter listing the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, 11:00 p.m., April 14, 1865. National Archives, Records of the Government of the District of Columbia.
- Did Lincoln Deserve to be Assassinated? An alternative view of Lincoln's Assassination. What were the motives behind the murder? Did Lincoln fit the definition of a tyrant? Did Lincoln preserve the Union at the price of individual liberty?
- Gen. Henry L. Burnett's Memories of the Lincoln Assassination Trial The text of a talk given by Brigadier-General Henry Lawrence Burnett, an assistant special judge advocate for the Lincoln Assassination Trial, to the Presbyterian Church of Goshen, NY on his memories of the times and the trial.
- Images of the Civil War - Lincoln's Assassination Photographs related to the assassination of Lincoln, including a large photograph of the hanging of the four conspirators.
- Abraham Lincoln's Assassination and Freemasonry Explores the involvement of the Freemasons in the assassination; also draws parallels to JFK's murder.
- President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin First article from the New York Times on the shooting.
- Abraham Lincoln Assassination Information compiled by an American history teacher includes a summary for students, an eyewitness account, the military commission, conspiracy theories, John Wilkes Booth, contemporaneous photographs and texts.
- Abraham Lincoln's White House Funeral Sermon Complete text of the sermon delivered at Lincoln's funeral.
- Surratt House Museum The home of Mary Surratt, who was executed for her alleged part in the assassination plot.