Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

14–26 April 1865

On 14 April 1865, actor and Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln during a performance at Ford’s Theatre in Washington. Lincoln died the following morning.

Booth’s associates attempted or planned attacks on Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward. Federal authorities launched a large manhunt, and Booth was killed in Virginia on 26 April.

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Books

5 Best Novels About the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

An Acquaintance with Darkness

by Ann Rinaldi

First published 1997 · 4.2(51)

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An Unlikely Friendship

by Ann Rinaldi

First published 2007 · 4.0(77)

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The Journey of Josephine Cain

by Nancy Moser

First published 2013 · American Tapestries · 4.1(229)

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On Secret Service

by John Jakes

First published 2000 · 4.0(2,218)

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The Blue and the Grey

First published 2014 · Grand and Batchelor Victorian Mysteries · 3.5(198)

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Non-Fiction

1 Best Non-Fiction Book About the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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John Wilkes Booth

by Hourly History

American Civil War · 4.2(350)

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