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In 1863 Lincoln urgently telagramed Mary Todd Lincoln that he thought their son was in grave danger due to the pistol in their household.
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It was the presidential inauguration and Abraham Lincoln was to become the 16th President of the United States.
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The Confederate states of America fell to the Union in Richmond, VA.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the army of Virginia fell to the Union forces and Union General Grant at Appomattox.
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Lincoln made an unplanned speech that ended with humor to inform the public of the fall of the Confederacy.
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There was a parade of lights held outside the Executive Mansion. This was the night that Lincoln made his first prepared speech and stated black people should have the right to vote.
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The city of Washington celebrated their victory with the grand illumination through the town.
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It was Good Friday morning and the Confederacy was dead the Union had won the war. John Wilkes Booth woke up depressed. He ate his breakfast at the National Hotel and picked up his mail at Ford's theater.
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Booth sat on the steps of Ford's theater where he learned that President Lincoln would be attending the production of Our American Cousin that night.
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Lincoln went to have a meeting with his wife about their emotions and feelings after their son Tad's death.
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Booth visited Mary Surratt as he started planning to get his weapon from the Surratt tavern.
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Booth gathered and planned with his fellow conspirators. They all learned there part in the triple assassination.
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Booth gathered his things and collected the objects he would travel with. He headed on his way to wait at the theater.
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Booth went to the theater and realized that he was too early so he went to the bar next door and had a drink.
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After time waiting Booth left the bar and waited for the POTUS, his wife, and guests to arrive. As the POTUS arrived Booth started his plan.
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Booth started towards the POTUS box and as he approached he wedged the door shut so nobody could get in after him. There was only one man guarding the door and Booth convinced him to let him through.
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The last step of Booths plan would finally be happening. As he stepped into the box and pointed the barrel of the gun at the president. He took the gun out of safety and waited for the right moment when the audience went silent and bam. He had shot the president in the head, the bullet going through the brain and resting behind his eyelid.