Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right. Portrait used for the United states five dollar bill portrait. Photographed by Anthony Berger of the Brady Gallery in Washington, D.C. Originally photographed on February 9, 1864.
Shows detail from photo of Abraham Lincoln at home in Springfield, Illinois, standing inside the fence with his sons Willie and Tad (looking out from behind the corner post). Originally photographed in summer, 1860.
President Abraham Lincoln delivering his second inaugural address on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol during the inauguration ceremonies on March 4, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln's funeral at Union Square in New York City, New York. View of horse-drawn carriages in Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway proceeding toward Union Square. Originally photographed in April, 1865.
President Abraham Lincoln Lincoln delivering his address on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol during his second inauguration. Originally photographed in Washington D.C., March 4, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right. Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 29) Originally photographed probably in 1858.
Abraham Lincoln's last portrait sitting in Springfield, Illinois, before leaving for Washington, D.C., to assume the presidency. Originally photographed on February 9, 1861.
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, taken in Pittsfield, Illinois, two weeks before the final Lincoln-Douglas debate in Lincoln's unsuccessful bid for the Senate. Originally photographed October 1, 1858.
President Abraham Lincoln, little more than a week before he gave the Gettysburg Address. Full-length portrait, seated with right arm resting on table, facing slightly right. Originally photographed Sunday, November 8, 1863.
Abraham Lincoln raising a flag at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, in honor of the admission of Kansas to the Union on Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1861.
The house where Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield, Illinois. The presidential candidate Lincoln stands on the terrace with his sons Willie and Tad. Originally photographed in 1860.
The rocking chair used by President Abraham Lincoln while he attended the performace at Ford's Theater. He was sitting in this chair when he was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, on horseback. Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871) was the fourth and youngest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Original photograph by Alexander Gardner, taken November 8, 1863. This photo was taken less than 2 weeks before Lincoln gave his famous 'Gettysburg Address' at the dedication ceremonies for the Soldier's Cemetery, November 19, 1863.
Arch constructed in Chicago for the arrival of President Lincoln's body. Photograph shows many women dressed in white accompanying President Lincoln's hearse as it passes beneath ornamental arch at 12th Street in Chicago, Illinois. Originally photographed in 1865.
The exhumation of president Abraham Lincoln's body in 1901. After attempts were made to steal Lincoln's corpse, Robert Todd Lincoln decided that it was necessary to build a permanent crypt for his father. Lincoln's coffin would be encased in concrete several feet thick, surrounded by a cage, and buried beneath a rock slab. On September 26, 1901, Lincoln's body was exhumed so that it could be re-interred in the newly built crypt. However, those present (a total of 23 people) feared that his body might have been stolen in the intervening years, so they decided to open the coffin and check. Lincoln's body was almost perfectly preserved. It had been embalmed so many times following his death that his body had not decayed. In fact, he was perfectly recognizable, even more than thirty years after his death. On his chest, they could see red, white, and blue specks - remnants of the American flag with which he was buried, which had by then disintegrated.
Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett. He was the Union Army soldier who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He disappeared after 1888 and is believed to have died in Minnesota in 1894, but this is unproven.
Women dressed in white accompanying President Lincoln's hearse as it passes beneath ornamental arch at 12th Street in Chicago, Illinois. Originally photographed in April, 1865.
Gen. John F. Hartranft reads the death warrant to the Linocln conspirators (Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, David Herold, George Atzeroldt) on the scaffold just prior to their execution. Originally photographed in Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865.
Exhumation of president Abraham Lincoln's body in 1901. After attempts were made to steal Lincoln's corpse, Robert Todd Lincoln decided that it was necessary to build a permanent crypt for his father. Lincoln's coffin would be encased in concrete several feet thick, surrounded by a cage, and buried beneath a rock slab. On September 26, 1901, Lincoln's body was exhumed so that it could be re-interred in the newly built crypt. However, those present (a total of 23 people) feared that his body might have been stolen in the intervening years, so they decided to open the coffin and check. Lincoln's body was almost perfectly preserved. It had been embalmed so many times following his death that his body had not decayed. In fact, he was perfectly recognizable, even more than thirty years after his death. On his chest, they could see red, white, and blue specks - remnants of the American flag with which he was buried, which had by then disintegrated.
Adjusting the ropes for the hanging execution of the Lincoln conspirators: Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and David Herold. Originally photographed in Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865.
Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC. On April 14th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary, were attending a performance of "Our American Cousin" in this theatre when Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln would die the following morning from his wound.
Large crowds gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. during the funeral procession of President Abraham Lincoln. Originally photographed in 1865.
The grave of alleged Lincoln conspirator Mary Surratt. She was executed along with three other conspirators for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and was the first woman in history to receive a death sentence from the United States federal government. Originally photographed circa 1910.
Gen. John F. Hartranft and staff, responsible for securing the conspirators at the Arsenal. Left to right: Capt. R.A. Watts, Lt. Col. George W. Frederick, Lt. Col. William H.H. McCall, Lt. D.H. Geissinger, Gen. Hartranft, Asst. Surg. George L. Porter, Col. L.A. Dodd, Capt. Christian Rath. Originally photographed in Washington, D.C., April-July 1865.
The hanging, hooded bodies of the four Lincoln assassination conspirators, with the crowd departing. The four executed were Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell (AKA Payne), George Atzerodt, and David Herold. Originally photographed in July 7, 1865.
Hanging bodies of the Lincoln conspirators David Herold, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, and George Atzerodt after their execution in Washington, D.C., with guards only in yard. Originally photographed July 7, 1865.
John C. Howard's stable on G Street between 6th and 7th in Washington D.C. Here supposed Lincoln conspirator John H. Surratt kept horses before leaving town on April 1, 1865. John Surratt was the son of Mary Surratt, who was hanged in 1865 for her role in the Lincoln assassination. Surratt fled the country at the time of the conspiracy trial, and some believe his mother was executed as a means to force his surrender. He was later brought back to the U.S., tried, and released after a mis-trial. He died in 1916.
The house in Washington D.C., near Ford's Theatre, in which President Abraham Lincoln was taken immediately after being shot by John Wilkes Booth. It was in this house where he died in the early hours of the following day. Originally photographed circa 1900.
John Wilkes Booth, an American stage actor, who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next day from a single gunshot wound to the back of the head, becoming the first American president to be assassinated.
John Wilkes Booth. He was an American stage actor, who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next day from a single gunshot wound to the back of the head, becoming the first American president to be assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil. Taken by Alexander Gardner at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo session from Lincoln's life was long thought to have happened on April 10, 1865, but more recent research has indicated the earlier date in February.
David Herold, who was hanged in 1865 for his role in the Lincoln conspiracy plot. Herold, along with John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell (Payne) and George Atzerodt, were to carry out the planned assassinations of President Abraham Lincoln (by Booth), Vice President Andrew Johnson (by Atzerodt), and Secretary of State William Seward (by Powell) on the night of April 14, 1865. Only Booth was successful.
Samuel Alexander Mudd, who was a Maryland physician implicated and imprisoned for aiding and conspiring with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Mudd attended to the leg fracture that Booth sustained immediately after the assassination, when he lept from the balcony onto the stage at Ford's Theatre. He was eventually charged with conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison. He received a pardon from President Andrew Johnson in 1869.
Edman Spangler, manacled. He was involved in the attempt to kidnap Abraham Lincoln and was also a considered a conspirator to the assassination plot. This photograph has background of dark metal, and was presumably taken on the monitors, U.S.S. Montauk and Saugus, where the conspirators were for a time confined. Washington Navy Yard, D.C. April, 1865.
Execution of the Lincoln conspirators: scaffold in use and crowd in the yard, seen from the roof of the Arsenal at Washington, D.C. Photo shows a distant view of the four conspirators hanging from the scaffold. Originally photographed July 7, 1865.
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