Death of a president

On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth (pictured at left). President Lincoln and his wife, Mary, were attending the play, Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theatre. The president died at 7:22 a.m. the next morning.

WoodsUp.com (our children’s Web site) remembers this dreadful day in our nation’s history. To learn more about the assassination of Lincoln, click here.

For a few recommended young people’s novels on the Civil War, click here.