We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts

On the evening of April 14,1865, when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre, an entire audience was witness to the tragedy. From diaries, letters, depositions, affidavits, and periodicals, here is a collection of accounts from a variety of theatergoers--who by chance saw one of the truly pivotal events in US history. Providing minute firsthand details recorded over a span of ninety years, We Saw Lincoln Shot explores a subject that will forever be debated. With a sharp focus upon the circumstances reported by one hundred actual witnesses, We Saw Lincoln Shot provides vivid documentation of a momentous evening and exposes errors that have been perpetuated as the assassination has been rendered into written histories.

Author: Timothy S. Good
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 02/01/1996
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.00w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780878057795

About the Author
Timothy S. Good is a National Park Service employee and lives in Arnold, Missouri. His research interests lie in the history of the Lincoln presidency and in American maritime history.