We saw Lincoln shot
Subtitle: one hundred eyewitness accounts
By: edited by Timothy S. Good.
Contributors: Good, Timothy S.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
Description: On the evening of 14 April 1865 when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre, an entire audience was witness to the tragedy. From diaries, letters, depositions, affidavits, and periodicals, here is a collection of accounts from a variety of theatergoers - who by chance saw one of the truly pivotal events in U. S. history. Providing minute first-hand details recorded over a span of ninety years, We Saw Lincoln Shot explores a subject that will forever be debated.

With a sharp focus upon the circumstances reported by one hundred actual witnesses, We Saw Lincoln Shot provides vivid documentation of a momentous evening and exposes errors that have been perpetuated as the assassination has been rendered into written histories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-212) and index.