IMAGES RELATED TO LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION

Online Class 1: Abraham Lincoln Resources Home

SOURCE: ALL IMAGES AND TEXT  FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PAPERS COLLECTION AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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John Wilkes' Booth Escaping Ford Theater

"This lithograph illustrating the scene of Booth fleeing after shooting President Lincoln accurately shows Booth's foot caught in the draperies surrounding the theater box. Booth broke his leg in that fall."

Wanted Poster

"U.S. War Dept. War department, Washington, April 20, 1865. 100,000 reward! The murder of our late beloved president, Abraham Lincoln is still at large. $50,000 reward! will be paid by this department for his apprehension, in addition to any reward offered by municipal authorities or state executives. $25,000 reward! will be paid for the apprehension of John R. Surrat, one of Booth's accomplices. $25,000 reward! will be paid for the apprehension of Daniel C. Harrold, another of Booth's accomplices. Liberal rewards will be paid for any information that shall conduce to the arrest of either of the above-named criminals, or their accomplices ... Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War ... New York. Geo. F. Nesbitt & Co. printers and stationers, cor. Pearl and Pine Streets, [1865]. 1 l. 50 x 62.5 cm. Printed Ephemera Collection, Folio Broadside no. 39. Rare Books and Special Collections Division."

Broadside Announcing Lincoln and Seward Assasinated

"This broadside was printed after the assassination attack, but before the news was telegraphed confirming that Secretary of State William Seward had survived."

Execution of Conspirators

"An accurate depiction of the hanging of Booth's co-conspirators at the site of the current Fort McNair in Washington, D.C."