Site hosted by Build your free website today!  Lincoln's Murder
April 14, 1865 began like most days for President Lincoln. He
had slept reasonably well, although still slightly shaken by the
nightmare that he'd had just two weeks earlier. In that dream,
as he related it, he had fallen asleep, only to be wakened by
subdued sobbing. Unable to locate the source of the crying, he
passed from room to room in the White House. Finally, he entered
the East Room, where he was shocked to see a catafalque, upon
which rested a body in funeral attire. Soldiers surrounded the
body, acting as Honor Guards. The face of the corpse was not
visible, but a crowd of mourners stood around the catafalque,
weeping softly. "Who has died in the White House?" he had asked,
to which one of the mourners had replied, "The President. He has
been killed by an assassin!" The sobbing immediately grew more
intense, waking Lincoln. He had told his wife, Mary Todd, that
he was still bothered by the dream.  Over breakfast he talked
with his wife