Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy was the plot to kill United States President Lincoln and other federal officials in April 1865. The actor John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, planned the assassination with the help of several conspirators.

Was Abraham Lincoln's assassin inspired by the militant abolitionist John Brown?

Great resource from Ford's Theatre. Provides first-hand accounts, images of items related to the assassination, an investigation into the events leading up to the assassination, and more.

John Wilkes Booth shot the president on April 14, 1865, around 10 pm. He did it during the Ford's Theatre showing of Our American Cousin, and then jumped from Lincoln's box onto the stage after shouting, "Sic semper tyrannis." But that picture of Lincoln's assassination is just that: a picture, and not necessarily the truth.

What happened on that fateful Good Friday evening? Smithsonian takes an in-depth look. Includes an interactive timeline of events.