April 14, 1865 was a sad day. This was the day that our beloved President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. As President Lincoln sat watching a play at Ford’s Theater, Booth snuck up past Lincoln’s light security and shot him in the back of the head. The event was tragic and devastating to so many Americans.
As I researched Abraham Lincoln’s death, I discovered that Lincoln was in fact anticipating an event such as this. Only three days before his assassination, he had a peculiar dream. In his dream, He heard people mopping and sobbing, but he didn’t see any people. He looked and looked for them, and finally, he discovered a covered corpse with soldiers stationed around it, many people surrounding it and mourning. President Lincoln went up to the guard and asked him who had died and he responded by saying: “The President. He was killed by an assassin.” It may have just been a dream, but since then Lincoln knew something was going to go wrong.
Abraham Lincoln was a huge part in bringing slaves to freedom and uniting the country we have today. His ways were not popular with everyone during his time. People even began to believe that the Civil War was his war. That he was only fighting it because he wanted to free slaves. As times have progressed, it has become very apparent that President Lincoln’s motives for doing what he did were extremely just. He was a genius, great politician, and amazing leader that many look up to this very day.
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