Abraham Lincoln #15: Reconstruction and Assassination (1865); Topics covered include: 10% Plan, discussion regarding plans for Reconstruction, final offensive of the war, Richmond falls, Lincoln visits Richmond, Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Court House, death toll of Civil War, attends play at Ford's Theater, shot by John Wilkes Booth, dies next morning, funeral services, capture and sentences for conspirators, and reflection
Key people: Ulysses Grant, Alexander Stephens, William Sherman, David Porter, Jefferson Davis, Wilmer McLean, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Ward Lamon, John Parker, Henry Rathbone, Clara Harris, William Seward, John Wilkes Booth, and Edwin Stanton
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