American Experience  The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

The dramatic manhunt following the assassination of President Lincoln. Details

 
 

Program: American Experience

Episode: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth.

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Duration: (1:24:13)
Premiere Date: 06/25/2009
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TV Rating: TV-PG


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