Timeline Saturday 15 April 1865

Events on Saturday 15 April 1865 4

• 1809 – 1865 Abraham Lincoln 16th President — saved the Union, abolished slavery Abraham Lincoln (Feb 12, 1809 – Apr 15, 1865) was the 16th President 1861-1865. He led the Union through the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865.
• 1861 – 1865 Lincoln presidency 16th President — led Union through Civil War Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President from March 4, 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), freeing slaves in Confederate states, and guided the nation through its greatest crisis.
• 1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre President Abraham Lincoln was shot by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth while watching a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the following morning, becoming the first U.S. president to be assassinated, just days after the Confederacy's surrender.
• 1865 – 1869 A. Johnson presidency 17th President — 1865 to 1869 Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency on April 15, 1865 after Lincoln's assassination. His lenient Reconstruction policies clashed with Congress, leading to his impeachment in 1868. He was acquitted by one vote in the Senate.