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He entered Richmond the following day, to the joyous delight of free blacks, who welcomed the arrival of "Father Abraham" as they called him, and he paid a visit to the Confederate White House, and sat at the desk of Jefferson Davis.  The only thing he asked for was a glass of water.

He entered Richmond the following day, to the joyous delight of free blacks, who welcomed the arrival of "Father Abraham" as they called him, and he paid a visit to the Confederate White House, and sat at the desk of Jefferson Davis.  The only thing he asked for was a glass of water.

Just four days later on April 14 he attended a play at Ford's Theater.  It was called ''Our American Cousin'', with well-known stage actress Laura Keane and commedian Harry Hawke in the title role.  Unseen to the audience was another actor making his way quietly up the stairs to the president's private box, John Wilkes Booth, a Southern sympathizer who had hatched a conspiracy with a few others to kill the president and other leading officials.  Booth entered the box, shot Lincoln in the head, stabbed a guest, and dropped to the stage, escaping behind the curtains.  Taken across the street to a boarding house, the mortally-wounded Lincoln was laid across a small bed in humble surroundings, similar it seemed, to where he was born.  He died at sunrise a few hours later.

Just four days later on April 14 he attended a play at Ford's Theater.  It was called ''Our American Cousin'', with well-known stage actress Laura Keane and comedian Harry Hawke in the title role.  Unseen to the audience was another actor making his way quietly up the stairs to the president's private box, [[John Wilkes Booth]], a Southern sympathizer who had hatched a conspiracy with a few others to kill the president and other leading officials.  Booth entered the box, shot Lincoln in the head, stabbed a guest, and dropped to the stage, escaping behind the curtains.  Taken across the street to a boarding house, the mortally-wounded Lincoln was laid across a small bed in humble surroundings, similar it seemed, to where he was born.  He died at sunrise a few hours later.

"Now he belongs to the ages" Edwin Stanton was heard to say.

"Now he belongs to the ages" Edwin Stanton was heard to say.