This Day in History: John Wilkes Booth is killed
On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed on a farm in Virginia. Did you ever wonder what happened to him in the days...
This Day in History: John Wilkes Booth is killed
This Day in History: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
This Day in History: The Civil War
This Day in History: Fort Sumter
This Day in History: Plot against Lincoln
This Day in History: Edwin Stanton avenges Lincoln’s death
This Day in History: The Controversial Daniel Sickles
TDIH: The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
This Day in History: The origins of Memorial Day, shrouded in mystery
This Day in History: Arlington National Cemetery
This Day in History: The Civil War begins
This Day in History: A Confederate sub sinks USS Housatonic
This Day in History: Sherman’s March to the Sea
This Day in History: The Gettysburg Address
This Day in History: The three-day Battle of Gettysburg
This Day in History: The origins of Juneteenth
This Day in History: Lincoln nominated
This Day in History: Abraham Lincoln’s burial — and an attempt to kidnap his body
This Day in History: The Sultana, a Titanic-sized disaster, barely noticed
This Day in History: The fall of Fort Donelson