John Wilkes Booth

  • Lincoln takes office

  • Lincoln's inauguration day

  • Booth and henchman tried to ambush Lincoln's carriage at gunpoint but failed.

  • Richmond fell

  • Confederate General Robert E. Leo and Army of Northern Virginia surrender

  • Lincoln gives speech about rebuilding the South

  • Grand Illumination in celebration of winning.

  • Lincoln shot, 10:13 p.m.

  • Lincoln dies at 7:22 a.m.

  • Johnson agrees to take office at 11:00 a.m.

  • Test