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AWFUL EVENT: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin; The Deed Done at Ford’s Theatre Last Night (4/15/1865)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 4/15/1865

Posted on 04/15/2025 7:06:29 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

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1 posted on 04/15/2025 7:06:29 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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2 posted on 04/15/2025 7:08:40 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...

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


3 posted on 04/15/2025 7:09:44 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Damn! I hope he’ll be ok!


4 posted on 04/15/2025 7:12:28 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

If he had been shot before the war started, it would have saved nearly a million lives.


5 posted on 04/15/2025 7:13:07 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I had forgotten about the Sewards.


6 posted on 04/15/2025 7:14:32 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Bookmark.


7 posted on 04/15/2025 7:34:42 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Wow! Lincoln’s assassination is on the same date the Titanic sank.


8 posted on 04/15/2025 7:37:22 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I bet he was already dead by the time the story was written, but the editors decided not to “shock the readers”.


9 posted on 04/15/2025 8:03:12 AM PDT by Greg123456
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To: Macho MAGA Man

And Tax Day.


10 posted on 04/15/2025 8:04:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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Tax Day was moved from March 15 to April 15 in 1955.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-marks-70th-anniversary-of-april-15-tax-filing-deadline#:~:text=The%20deadline%20was%20moved%20to,and%20process%20increasingly%20complex%20returns.


11 posted on 04/15/2025 8:09:22 AM PDT by DFG
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To: Greg123456

A.G Sulzberger wasn’t at the helm yet.

He had to save his edits to promote World War One.


12 posted on 04/15/2025 8:11:06 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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If he had been shot before the war started, it would have saved nearly a million lives.

You seem like the kind of guy the secret service should be watching closely.

13 posted on 04/15/2025 8:11:36 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: DiogenesLamp

“ If he had been shot before the war started, it would have saved nearly a million lives.”

Sick comment


14 posted on 04/15/2025 8:14:37 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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To: DFG

I know.

They chose April 15.

I’m sure Deep State thought it fitting.


15 posted on 04/15/2025 8:14:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: DiogenesLamp

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!


16 posted on 04/15/2025 8:26:36 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: sauropod

bkmk


17 posted on 04/15/2025 8:28:28 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
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).
18 posted on 04/15/2025 8:45:18 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: BrexitBen

Your degenerate, treasonous rebellion is about to come to an end.


19 posted on 04/15/2025 9:36:59 AM PDT by cowboyusa
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To: Antihero101607

Other than THAT, Mrs. Lincoln how did you like the play?


20 posted on 04/15/2025 9:46:20 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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