On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. But what happened afterward? And how did Lincoln's Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, play a crucial role? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac Loftus welcome Steven Walters to discuss his popular podcast 1865 and post-Civil War America. Everything 2c4h at 2c4hpod.com Relevant Links: Steven Walters – https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2389157/bio/ 1865 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1865/id1467256065 Abraham Lincoln - https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/ John Wilkes Booth – https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wilkes-Booth Edwin Booth - https://npg.si.edu/blog/edwin-booth-accomplished-actor-and-brother-john-wilkes  Lincoln assassination - https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/html.php?section=13 Co-conspirators - https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/html.php?section=13 Edwin M. Stanton - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edwin-M-Stanton Petersen House - https://www.nps.gov/foth/the-petersen-house.htm Andrew Johnson - https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/andrew-johnson/ 13th amendment - https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment 14th amendment - https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment 15th amendment - https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/15th-amendment Reconstruction - https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history Freedmen’s Bureau - https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/FreedmensBureau.htm#:~:text=On%20March%203%2C%201865%2C%20Congress,including%20newly%20freed%20African%20Americans. Mary Surratt - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Surratt The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson - https://www.loc.gov/collections/century-of-lawmaking/articles-and-essays/century-presentations/impeachment/ John Mercer Langston - https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/langston-john-mercer-1829-1897/ Airship Podcast Productions - Airship.fm History Daily Podcast - https://www.historydaily.com/ Twitter: @StevenMWalters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1865podcast Produced by Primary Source Media (primarysourcemedia.com) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices