The second Sunday after Lincoln‘s death, many pulpits North and South, with the encouragement of U.S. President Andrew Johnson, focus on the president’s legacy. In the nation’s capital, the overflowing crowd at the First Baptist Church, through a sermon preached by pastor Dr. A. D. Gillette, remembers the president and absorbs lessons brought about by…
At 7:22 a.m. comes the pronouncement: President Abraham Lincoln is dead, the victim of an assassin’s bullet the evening previous. The body of Lincoln, the champion of liberty for all and first American president to be assassinated, is moved to the White House. Still at large and now in hiding, the killer, John Wilkes Booth,…
At dawn this Sunday morning Confederate General Robert E. Lee makes one final assault on Grant‘s forces. It is an act of desperation. The Battle of Appomattox Court House does not last long. Although Rebel forces pressure Sheridan‘s first line of defense and some attain a nearby ridge, from the crest a large array of…