On today's date in in 1865 shortly before 8 am, President Abraham Lincoln died from a gunshot wound to the head. He would be the first president assassinated. He was only 56 years old. Wide Mary Todd Lincoln was not present having been banished from the room after she became overly distraught. Lincoln had been shot by John Wilkes Booth the previous night while attending a play in Ford's Theatre. Following his death, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton told the room "Now he belongs to the ages/angels." There is some debate over which one he said though both are true. It is also true that Lincoln dreamed about his death three days before it happened.
