The guns go silent — and tragedy strikes. In this episode, Abraham Lincoln's assassination turns victory into chaos, leaving the country to wonder what kind of peace the slain president had imagined. We'll look at Lincoln's final days, his vision for "malice toward none," and the fragile beginnings of Reconstruction under new leadership. As Andrew Johnson steps into the Oval Office, the question looms: could the nation heal itself without the man who had held it together?