In the day, "assassination" meant a surprise attack, not necessarily a murder. But from the very first dispatches from Washington that the Herald published, it was clear Lincoln would not survive.

Now, for the first time, all seven editions of the Herald 's coverage of the assassination are being displayed together in an exhibit at the Newseum marking the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's death.

Rufus, however, knows that Lincoln’s assassination sparks decades of Reconstruction-era infighting and increasingly fraught racial tensions, including horrific lynchings in the South.

It was the evening of April 14, 1865. The Civil War had ended and Washington was celebrating. President Abraham Lincoln entered the balcony at Ford's Theater to a standing ovation: a symbol of a ...

They’re making an honest buck from honest Abe. Two front-row balcony tickets from the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated inside Ford’s Theatre have been sold at auction for a cool $262,500 ...

President Abraham Lincoln became the first president to be assassinated 152 years ago on April 14, 1865, when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford ...

This month marks the 155th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the actor John Wilkes Booth. While most people know the bare facts of what happened, a number of unsolved ...

It is April 1, 1865, and the American Civil War (1861-1865) has been going on for four, long, bloody, and hard-fought years. The 16th President of the United States, Republican Abraham Lincoln ...

August 28, 2020 / 3:05 PM EDT / CBS Boston BOSTON (AP) - This is one macabre auction: A lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination, is up for sale.

Illinois will relive Lincoln’s assassination and funeral Actors will take the stage April 14 in Springfield, Ill., to perform a comedy that is remembered for its role in an American tragedy.

A portrait of Abraham Lincoln, one of a series of photos by Alexander Gardner made April 9, 1865, the week of the assassination. It is believed to be the last photograph made of Lincoln.

By Robert J. Hutchinson This month marks the 155th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the actor John Wilkes Booth. While most people know the bare facts of what happened, a numb… ...