This Week in History
April 24, 1865
President Lincoln's New York City funeral is held at City Hall, where an unauthorized photo is taken of his body.
April 25, 1861
President Lincoln's longtime political opponent, Stephen A. Douglas, appears in Springfield, Illinois, urging his audience to put aside differences to save the Union.
April 26, 1865
President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, is shot to death while fleeing from federal authorities in Virginia.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not
with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you,
is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be
preserved to the latest generation?"
--Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861