The Presidents: Rebuilding America from the Civil War Wreckage (Part 1) | History

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APRIL 14th, 1865 IS REMEMBERED AS THE NIGHT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION. BUT IN WASHINGTON, IT WAS AN EVENING OF GENERAL TREACHERY. THERE WERE EVIL MEN ABOUT. LINCOLN WAS SHOT. SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM SEWARD WAS STABBED. GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT WAS TARGETED BUT WAS FORTUNATELY OUT OF TOWN. VICE PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON WAS ON THE HIT ... Read More