Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of America was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln's bodyguard left the theatre during intermission to join Lincoln's coachman for drinks in the Star Saloon next door. Booth crept in from behind and at around 10:13pm shot the unguarded president in the head. As a result of his wounds he died the next day.
It was the first assassination of a U. S president.
Abraham Lincoln was a great man. He ended slavery, reserved the Union, promoted economic and financial modernisation all while trying to ensure success for the North in the American civil war.
He's been claimed as one of the greatest American presidents of all time.
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