Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 15, 1865 ~ Saturday
15. President Abraham Lincoln Died 30 minuts past 8 oclok A.M.
& Secretary Seward a little After 9 oclok one was stabed
30 minuts after the other & died 30 minute after all the flags
in Great Salt Lake City are at half mast & dressed in crepe
I spent the forenoon in the Endowment House. We gave Endowments
to 36 persons. H. C. K. sealed 2, W W. 8, & G. Q. C. 10 couple I wrote
in my Journal in the Evening
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Lincoln, Abraham
12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
32 mentions
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Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
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Seward, William Henry
16 May 1801 - 10 Oct 1872
9 mentions
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Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate troops to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox (official end of Civil War declared on August 20, 1866).
Abraham Lincoln assassinated.
Andrew Johnson inaugurated as 17th President of 36 United States.