Posted on 04/15/2025 7:06:29 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
[OFFICIAL.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 15 -- 1:30 A.M.
Maj.-Gen. Dix:
This evening at about 9:30 P.M., at Ford's Theatre, the President, while sitting in his private box with Mrs. LINCOLN, Mrs. HARRIS, and Major RATHBURN, was shot by as assassin, who suddenly entered the box and approached behind the President.
The assassin then leaped upon the stage, brandishing a large dagger or knife, and made his escape in the rear of the theatre.
The pistol ball entered the back of the President's head and penetrated nearly through the head. The wound is mortal. The President has been insensible ever since it was inflicted, and is now dying.
About the same hour an assassin, whether the same or not, entered Mr. SEWARD's apartments, and under the pretence of having a prescription, was shown to the Secretary's sick chamber. The assassin immediately rushed to the bed, and inflicted two or three stabs on the throat and two on the face. It is hoped the wounds may not be mortal. My apprehension is that they will prove fatal.
The nurse alarmed Mr. FREDERICK SEWARD, who was in an adjoining room, and hastened to the door of his father's room, when he met the assasin, who inflicted upon him one or more dangerous wounds. The recovery of FREDERICK SEWARD is doubtful.
It is not probable that the President will live throughout the night.
Gen. GRANT and wife were advertised to be at the theatre this evening, but he started to Burlington at 6 o'clock this evening.
At a Cabinet meeting at which Gen. GRANT was present, the subject of the state of the country and the prospect of a speedy peace was discussed. The President was very cheerful and hopeful, and spoke very kindly of Gen. LEE and others of the Confederacy,
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Awful Event: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin – 2-4
The Siege of Mobile: Fierce Bombardment of the Spanish Fort – 4
Gen. Lee in Richmond-The Oath of Allegiance – 4
The Events of Last Night . . . – 4
Editorial: The Change to Peace – The First Movement – 4-5
Editorial: Treatment of Foreign War Vessels – The President’s Proclamation – 5
Richmond – Mischief-Makers – 5
Editorial: The Hopes of the South and Its Fate – 5-6
Damn! I hope he’ll be ok!
If he had been shot before the war started, it would have saved nearly a million lives.
I had forgotten about the Sewards.
Bookmark.
Wow! Lincoln’s assassination is on the same date the Titanic sank.
I bet he was already dead by the time the story was written, but the editors decided not to “shock the readers”.
And Tax Day.
Tax Day was moved from March 15 to April 15 in 1955.
A.G Sulzberger wasn’t at the helm yet.
He had to save his edits to promote World War One.
You seem like the kind of guy the secret service should be watching closely.
“ If he had been shot before the war started, it would have saved nearly a million lives.”
Sick comment
I know.
They chose April 15.
I’m sure Deep State thought it fitting.
True DiogenesLamp.
And slavery would have become obsolete peacefully, just as it did in every other Western nation.
The two-pronged U.S. would never have produced a Woodrow Wilson, to lie us into World War One, which led directly to World War Two.
The circulation of the New York Times would’ve never justified its continued existence.
Oh, the humanity!
bkmk
Wow! Lincoln’s assassination is on the same date the Titanic sank.Lincoln was shot and the Titanic hit an iceberg on April 14 (local times). Lincoln died and the Titanic foundered on April 15 (local times).
Your degenerate, treasonous rebellion is about to come to an end.
Other than THAT, Mrs. Lincoln how did you like the play?
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