Lincoln’s Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday, 14th April 1865, just as the Civil War was ending. Only 5 days earlier, General Robert E Lee had surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
The free pack below is a sample taken from the Civil War Teacher Pack. The file, only 2.45MB in size has been Zipped and will therefore require a suitable program to access. Windows Vista and Mac computers should automatically open the file. Other users can download this free software from Cam UnZip to open the file.
Sample Pack contents
Archive images including portraits of the conspirators and their execution:
- Wash DC Hanging hooded bodies of the 4 conspirator fm left Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold & George Atzerodt
- Washington, D.C. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators
- Washington, D.C. Ford's Theater with guards posted at entrance and crepe draped from windows
- Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's box at Ford's Theater.
- Washington DC John Wilkes Booth
- Washington DC Lewis Payne, the conspirator who attacked Sec Seward
- Washington Navy Yard, D.C. David E. Herold, a conspirator
Google Earth Placemarks to some key locations in the Assassination story.
Color map showing the escape route of John Wilkes Booth and a Reward Poster from April 20th 1865.
Three lesson plans:
- Lincoln’s funeral in Springfield, Illinois
- Lincoln’s Assassination (Lincoln Library)
- Political Cartoon of Lincoln Assassination
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The free Lincoln sample pack (2.45MB) is an abridged version of the file available with the full Civil War Teacher Pack (12.8MB).
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