ON THIS DAY: President Lincoln shot and killed in a tough day for the Booth family

On April 15 in 1865, a disgruntled Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the back of the head at close range with a small pistol. Unknown at the time, Booth’s older brother had saved Lincoln’s son’s life a few weeks earlier. … More ON THIS DAY: President Lincoln shot and killed in a tough day for the Booth family