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Curated Video
Ford's Theatre and the Lincoln Assassination
New ReviewVisit the famous home of the Lincoln Assassination, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site and the Petersen House in Washington DC.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Scott Ellsworth - Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination
Scott Ellsworth is a writer and historian based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he also teaches at the University of Michigan. His new book, Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the...
Curated Video
History Abridged: John Wilkes Booth (ft. Atun-Shei Films)
History Abridged: John Wilkes Booth (ft. Atun-Shei Films)
Curated Video
Lincoln Wasn't the Only Target
I don’t know about you, but the impression I always got of Lincoln’s assassination was that John Wilkes Booth was an actor who really, really hated the president and so in the middle of his show he snuck into the president’s box and...
Khan Academy
Appomattox Court House and Lincoln's Assassination
Did Lincoln know that victory for the Union was imminent? According to this video, which discusses the end of the Civil War (including a great anecdote about a historic coincidence between the beginning and end of the war), many...