<P> The assassination of Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday , on April 14 , 1865 , as the American Civil War was drawing to a close . The assassination occurred five days after the commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia , Robert E. Lee , surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac . Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated , though an unsuccessful attempt had been made on Andrew Jackson 30 years before in 1835 . </P>
<P> The assassination of Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday , on April 14 , 1865 , as the American Civil War was drawing to a close . The assassination occurred five days after the commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia , Robert E. Lee , surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac . Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated , though an unsuccessful attempt had been made on Andrew Jackson 30 years before in 1835 . </P>
who was the first president to be killed in office
who was the first president to be killed in office
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln