Abraham Lincoln has come to be known as America's President and has really developed and almost cult following. Lincolns assassination made President Lincoln a martyr to many people and today people say he was one of the most popular presidents of all time. People are still really interested in the history and death of Abraham Lincoln and there is huge interest in John Wilkes Booth and the conspiracy that many believed existed that brought about the murder of Abraham Lincoln. Was there a conspiracy? Well we at least know that there was a group that included John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators. But how and where did this conspiracy reach to. Do you know that some people even claim that Andrew Johnson was involved in the death of Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln's Pre-Assassination Dream

Abraham Lincoln dreamed about 10 days before his assassination of his assassination. He said that in his dream he heard people crying and sobbing and he could see a coffin up at the front of the room he was in. He said that he walked up to the front of the room and looked down into the coffin and there he saw his self laying there dead. Lincoln often talked to people about the fact that he feared he would be assassinated. Is that what made him have the dream about his own assassination or did he really get a glimpse or warning of what was to happen to him.

Lincolns Last Day

As was his usual habit President Abraham Lincoln got up at 7 am on Friday , April 14th 1865. The morning was warm and the dogwoods along the Potomac were in bloom. The scent of flowers drifted through the air and President Lincoln told Secretary of State Seward to call a cabinet meeting that morning for 11 am. Lincoln also wrote a note to General Ulysses S Grant inviting him to attend the cabinet meeting.

At 8 am on that last day of his life President Lincoln sat at the table with wife Mary and his two sons Robert and Tad and ate breakfast. Mary told her husband President Lincoln that she had tickets to Ford Theater that night to see " Our American Cousin " She hoped that General Grant and his wife would go to the Theater with them.

At the 11 am Cabinet Meeting that morning some cabinet members argued that the southern leaders should be tried and punished but Lincoln said people have suffered enough. Lets just let things be. Lincoln sincerly hoped to help the south to recover and he talked about it at the cabinet meeting that morning.

At 8.30 when the Lincoln Party arrived at Fords Theater the play had already begun. President Lincoln and his party made their way up to the state box and history played out.

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The Plot To Steal Abraham Lincolns Body

And did you know that even in death President Lincoln was not alloweed to be at peace. A group of men actually planned and attempted to steal President Lincolns body.

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Where Was Abraham Lincoln Born

Over the years their has been a persistant rumor that Abraham Lincoln may have in fact been illigetimate and he may not have been born in Kentucky at all. He may have been born in a small community in North Carolina.

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and the first Republican President. He won entirely on his support from the north. He was not even on the ballot in 9 southern states and out of 996 counties in the south he won only 2 of those counties. Abraham Lincoln was also the first president elected from the state of Illinois. Lincolns election was one of the key things that brought about the Civil War and the downfall of the south and the slavery it supported.

Abraham Lincoln really tried everything he could to avoid war with the Confederate States of America and he was really deeply hurt by the Civil War and the thousands of young men who died on both sides in the Civil War.

The Gettysburg Address

Although the North or Union Forces won the battle of Gettysburg it was the bloodiest battle of the civil war and it hurt Lincolns war effort badly. Lincoln went to Gettysburg and made the speech that has come to be known as the greatest speech ever in the history of America. Lincoln is remembered for that speech. People who saw him make it that day say it was clear to see how much the carnage and deaths of the Civil War dead really bothered Lincoln. They said Lincoln loved all Americans and he considered the boys on both sides of the Civil War to be Americans.