13h 56min, apr 15, 1865 y - PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION
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While attending a play named “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. just a few days after Lee’s surrender, Abraham Lincoln was shot
Lincoln died 9 hours later
President Andrew Johnson replaced Abraham Lincoln as President of the U.S.
The assassin was named John Wilkes Booth, a pro-secessionist actor
Booth escaped and was later shot and killed on April 26th
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