Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 38th United States Congress, 39th United States Congress, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Freedmen's Bureau, United States Senate elections, 1866, Civil Rights Act of 1866, United States Senate elections, 1864, South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1865, Lincoln's second inaugural address, United States House of Representatives elections, 1862, Little Arkansas Treaty, Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, Inauguration of Andrew Johnson, Coinage Act of 1864. Excerpt: The assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee, and his battered Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, though an unsuccessful attempt had been made on Andrew Jackson thirty years before in 1835. The assassination was planned and carried out by well-known actor John Wilkes Booth as part of a larger conspiracy intended to rally the remaining Confederate troops to continue fighting. Booth plotted with Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward and Vice President Andrew Johnson as well. By simultaneously striking down the top three in the line of succession, Booth and his co-conspirators hoped to throw the Union government into disarray. Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. He died the next morning. The rest of the plot failed. Powell only managed to wound Seward, while Atzerodt, Johnson's would-be assassin, lost his nerve and fled. John...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 1865 in American Politics: 38th United States Congress, 39th United States Congress, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. To get started finding 1865 in American Politics: 38th United States Congress, 39th United States Congress, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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1865 in American Politics: 38th United States Congress, 39th United States Congress, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 38th United States Congress, 39th United States Congress, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Freedmen's Bureau, United States Senate elections, 1866, Civil Rights Act of 1866, United States Senate elections, 1864, South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1865, Lincoln's second inaugural address, United States House of Representatives elections, 1862, Little Arkansas Treaty, Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, Inauguration of Andrew Johnson, Coinage Act of 1864. Excerpt: The assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee, and his battered Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, though an unsuccessful attempt had been made on Andrew Jackson thirty years before in 1835. The assassination was planned and carried out by well-known actor John Wilkes Booth as part of a larger conspiracy intended to rally the remaining Confederate troops to continue fighting. Booth plotted with Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward and Vice President Andrew Johnson as well. By simultaneously striking down the top three in the line of succession, Booth and his co-conspirators hoped to throw the Union government into disarray. Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. He died the next morning. The rest of the plot failed. Powell only managed to wound Seward, while Atzerodt, Johnson's would-be assassin, lost his nerve and fled. John...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 1865 in American Politics: 38th United States Congress, 39th United States Congress, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. To get started finding 1865 in American Politics: 38th United States Congress, 39th United States Congress, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.