We Saw Lincoln Shot

On the evening of 14 April 1865 when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre an entire audience was witness to the tragedy. From diaries letters depositions affidavits and periodicals here is a collection of accounts from a variety of theatergoers - who by chance saw one of the truly pivotal events in U. S. history. Providing minute first-hand details recorded over a span of ninety years We Saw Lincoln Shot explores a subject that will forever be debated. With a sharp focus upon the circumstances reported by one hundred actual witnesses We Saw Lincoln Shot provides vivid documentation of a momentous evening and exposes errors that have been perpetuated as the assassination has been rendered into written histories.