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Lincoln assassination facts
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The Night Lincoln Fell: When Was Abraham Lincoln Shot and What It Changed Forever
The assassin was no amateur. John Wilkes Booth, a 26-year-old actor with ties to the Confederacy and a seething hatred for Lincoln, had spent months plotting...
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The Age of Lincoln When He Died: A Forgotten Detail in History’s Greatest Tragedy
The number 56 carries weight in Lincoln’s story. It was the age at which he had already survived the depths of depression, the loss of two sons, and the brutal...