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Did Robert E. Lee surrender before or after Lincoln's assassination?
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Robert E. Lee surrendered before Lincoln's assassination. Lee surrendered on April 9, 1856 in Appomatox Court House. Then Lincoln was assassinated on April 14,1865 then died the next morning (April 15, 1865.)
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Why was lincolns assassination so surprising?
There had never been an assassination of a president before. However, it started a fad.
Can you describe lincolns prophetic dream and can you summarize it?
Lincolns prophetic dream is two weeks before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln had a dream that he was lying in a coffin.
How many years after lincolns death did the war end?
The key surrender by Lee was six days before the assassination. This was in the nature of an armistice. The actual ending of the war was never fixed to one date. Small actions in the West went on for a few more weeks. After that, there were years of legal wrangling.
How did Lincoln know that the Civil War was coming to an end?
Reports from Grant and Sherman that the enemy position was increasingly hopeless. The surrender at Appomattox had taken place a few days before Lincoln's assassination.
What was Abe Lincolns favorite movie?
Lincoln died in 1865. Movies were invented in 1903. Lincoln never saw a movie. His favorite play was arguably Our American Cousin. He had seen it on two previous occasions before he attended it on the night of his assassination.
What holiday does Lincolns assassination fall on?
He was shot on Good Friday, the Friday just before Easter. He died the next morning.
Who was the name of Abraham lincolns child who died before him?
Willie Lincoln
What was lincolns career before presidency?
He was a lawyer. A very good lawyer
Make a sentence with the word surrender?
Sam said surrender before I destroy you and your group of men.
Did Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee fight against one another?
Yes, several times in fact, before the surrender. Although Lee had to surrender at Appomattox, because his valiant army was worn down, he actually defeated Grant several times.
Did Hitler commit suicide before or after germanies surrender?
He committed suicide before Germany's surrender as he would never have surrendered.
What was John Wilkes Booth punishment?
After he killed Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth became the subject of the greatest manhunt in American history. Troops caught up with him not long after the assassination, and he himself was shot and killed in a Virginia tobacco barn.
