Lincoln Assassination Coverage in The New York Herald, April 15, 1865
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AM1989.55.1
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Lincoln Assassination Coverage in The New York Herald, April 15, 1865
Lincoln, Abraham Assassination Coverage in The New York Herald, April 15, 1865
The Official Newspaper Photo of President Lincoln
Important: Assassination Of President Lincoln, The New York Herald. The President shot at the theatre.
In the same headline Secretary Seward was daggered in his bed but not mortally wounded but badly hurt.
Clarence and Frederick Seward Badly Hurt
Escape of the Assassins
Intense excitement in Washington
Scene at the deathbed of Mr. Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth, the actor, and the alleged assassin of the President.
The official dispatch from War Department.
