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He died on April 15, 1865

He was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford Theatre. He was carried across Tenth Street to the Peterson family home, where he shared his last moments with the people who knew him best.

At 11:00 a.m., Vice President Andrew Johnson took the oath of office as the 17th president.

"My dress is saturated with blood; my hands and face were covered. You may imagine what a scene, and so, all through that dreadful night when we stood by that dying bed. Poor Mrs. Lincoln was and is almost crazy." -Excerpt from a letter to Mrs. Stowe on April 29, 1865, from the Lincolns' guest Clara Harris.

In 1868, artist Alonzo Chappel depicted all those who had come in and out as present in the room as Lincoln died.

Intense grief was on every countenance when I replied that the President could survive but a short time.

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