Document Type
Opinion
Publication Date
4-13-2015
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Department 2
History
Abstract
The lead .41-calibre bullet with which John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln on the night of April 14, 1865, was the most lethal gunshot in American history. Only five days earlier, the main field army of the Southern Confederacy had surrendered at Appomattox Court House, and the four dreary years of civil war were yielding to a spring of national rebirth. But by then, the man to whom everyone looked for guidance in reconstructing the nation was dead. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Guelzo, Allen C. "What If Abraham Lincoln Had Lived?" Washington Post (April 13, 2015).
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version is available from the publisher at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/13/what-if-abraham-lincoln-had-lived/
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