The Murderer

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$100,000 Reward Poster, Murder of President Lincoln

 

By: Callie OettingerDate:April14 , 2011

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. War Dept. War department, Washington, April 20, 1865. 100,000 reward!

Credit: Library of Congress.

Additional Reading:

 

Abraham Lincoln, by George S. McGovern

 

http://www.commandposts.com/2011/04/100000-reward-poster-murder-of-president-lincoln/

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April 14, 1865: Lincoln Shot

 

 

By: Callie OettingerDate:April14 , 2011

 

 

An example of the many popular images printed after the assassination that depict the attack on President Lincoln. This one includes an adaptation of a quote from Macbeth, Lincoln’s favorite Shakespeare play.

Credit: Library of Congress.

Private box in Ford’s Theater, Washington, where President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, on the night of April 14, 1865: ca. 1861-1865.

http://www.commandposts.com/2011/04/april-14-1865-lincoln-shot/