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.

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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/

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