The Short, Happy Life of Abraham Lincoln: His Final Days
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, the Civil War was over, the city of Washington was in celebration, and President Lincoln's life was about to take a happy and hopeful turn. His short, happy life was thwarted by John Wilkes Booth.
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| 0:48.3 | Up next, the short, happy life of Abraham Lincoln, his final days. |
| 0:58.5 | By all accounts, good Friday, just two days before Easter on April 14, 1865, was the happiest day of President Abraham Lincoln's life. It had |
| 1:07.6 | most certainly been the happiest few weeks of his life. |
| 1:11.3 | According to James Swanson, author of the New York Times bestseller, Manhunt, |
| 1:16.7 | The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. |
| 1:20.4 | Here is what Swanson wrote. |
| 1:23.1 | Lincoln had won the war. |
| 1:24.9 | Richmond fell on April 3rd. |
| 1:30.7 | Lee surrendered on April 9th, and Lincoln gave his final speech from the White House grounds the evening of April 11th. The night before the night |
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