The Death of Lincoln Author:Leroy Hayman "'Who is dead in the White House?' I demanded of one of the soldiers on guard. 'The President,' was his answer. 'He was killed by an assassin!' Then came a loud burst of grief from the crowd, which woke me from my dream..." — Three weeks later, Abraham Lincoln lay dead at the hands of an assassin. This is the story of how it happened -- and what ... more »happened afterward.« less