The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Explained

Here's the story of the conspiracy behind the assassination of beloved U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. You think you know the story, but you probably don't. Music by Electric Needle Room. www.electricneedleroom.us/
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#apush #ushistory #abrahamlincoln

[@brianarbenz7206]

I recently visited the unmarked grave of John Wilkes Booth in a Baltimore cemetery. It was covered with Lincoln pennies. Poetic justice.

[@eddythefan]

how do you find it if it's unmarked ??

[@hephaestus9901]

@@josiahtheobald5084 obvious troll is obvious.

[@josiahtheobald5084]

@@hephaestus9901 explain

[@HK-zh9nk]

@@josiahtheobald5084 What was great abt it

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@eddythefan It's in a family plot. Several marked graves of other Booths are in it. JWB's is pointed out on a visitor map.

[@o_foxxyfoxxy_o]

80 death threats a week. My first instinct was, "that's not much", then I remember phones, email and Twitter didn't exist yet. And these people hated him enough to procure pens and stationary, write a death threat, put it in an envelope, go to the post office and pay postage just to tell someone you hate them. It's a lousy thing to do to anyone, but that's committed hatred.

[@spartangaming1159]

You basically had to pay to tell someone you hated them

[@liker-qd4fz]

@@spartangaming1159 Depends on the lenght of the letter too. Some could be like ,,Dear Mr. president, fuck you punk With all due Respect , Copperhead Democrat" And some could be 4 page esseys detailing exactly every single thing Abraham Lincoln ever did wrong.

[@meatyburritos145]

And that just included people who could read and write!!!

[@jtgd]

@@spartangaming1159 that’s a high level of hate

[@DamnedGunslinger]

democrats haven't changed... still as Evil as the first fallen angel.

[@abrahamlincoln4755]

Thanks, I forgot about how I died.

[@ronaldreagan7871]

Must have been tough, dying from an assassination attempt. But you were a great president while you were alive

[@NFL-MLBfanhere696]

He is a clone.

[@ronaldreagan7871]

@@NFL-MLBfanhere696 well boys it seems like we got us a good ole western dual.

[@NFL-MLBfanhere696]

@Lego and guitar dude meditation and the keyboard

[@NFL-MLBfanhere696]

@@ThatOneGuy7999 it's western houty Christian music

[@chrisbengtson6887]

Imagine being the president and going to see Interstellar and you're like "wow this movie's pretty good" and then Matthew McConaughey sneaks up to you in the back of the theater and blows your head off

[@nomad155]

Why folks use Matthew mcconaughey?

[@PaulStompbox]

@@nomad155 Because he was the guy compared to in the video to John Wilkes Booth. And, also, because Booth used to play in the play that Lincoln was watching, as McConaughey starred in Interstellar.

[@jtgd]

Then jumps down to yell “I think you need to do more about Uvalde”

[@asherdossetter4480]

Imagine if Tom Brady celebrated his win over the Falcons by seeing a play (which could be a musical) in a theater in his home town and someone assasinated him by shooting him because that person was angry that the Falcons lost!

[@NFLWorldLoop531]

@@jtgd 💀

[@iammrbeat]

Today is Abraham Lincoln's birthday, so here is the story about how he died, of course.

[@tobys7026]

Of course

[@Davey-TheDJ]

@Kristoff Bjorgman what do u mean by good riddance?

[@pearsea.bonnar7778]

Tomorrow is Abraham Lincoln Birthday

[@arcosianappulle8733]

Mr. Beat Opposite Day

[@TheRalacator]

Kristoff Bjorgman lol shut up

[@redjirachi1]

Lincoln's assassin: A well-known and well-liked Shakespearean actor Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy's assassin: Some nobody Talk about a letdown

[@BlitzDinkabooming]

More like only Garfield and McKinley

[@BlitzDinkabooming]

@@Clipgatherer oops, I misread it

[@issakcook3120]

not to mention the assassins that went after jackson and TR

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

Oswald never killed Kennedy ! He was, yes, “ just a patsy”.

[@lauracordova2085]

@@MagnetOnlyMotors yeah Abraham Lincoln's ghost did it

[@swapsplat]

It wouldn't have made a difference, because when the Secret Service was originally founded it's intended purpose was to combat counterfeiting.

[@nerddragon2222]

Go figure

[@historyclub3760]

Sadly even if the secret service was in the business of presidential protection when it was founded it wouldn’t have made any changes as it wasn’t established until July 5 1865 while Lincoln was Killed on April 15,1865. So it was just a few months to late

[@dalesternitzky5630]

Yeah too bad the secret service wasn't there for President Kennedy They conspired against him JFK had zero help Everyone and everything working against him Basically a sitting duck At least Abraham Lincoln only had one man to deal with the day he got assassinated No one saw JW Booth? Not one person could step in to even try to save the President?? I find that unbelievable

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

That's still the secret service main thing

[@GoatFulloBoats]

@@dalesternitzky5630 When you try to challenge the deep state, they will throw everything back at you. JFK learnt that the hard way.

[@ShowginTV]

Some of the photos are in such incredibly good quality that they look like they could have been taken today.

[@freeunderratedmusic4273]

One of them looks like they were taken today and later edited with a black/white filter

[@weorgegashington9689]

The photo of Louis Powell was especially, mind blowingly recent looking

[@99dazemusic]

You can re scan and process older photos, eg. Videos from the 60s (on film) generally look better than the 80s(digital)

[@camacaron06]

Tony K Dork Yeah he looks like someone took a photo of him today and put a black and white filter to add emotion

[@brycegman8150]

Real photographs taken with good light baby, digital sucks besides being unbelievably more convenient

[@couch_gag]

Lewis Powell's pictures are hauntingly contemporary. They look as if they were taken yesterday...

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

They really do, I don't know if it's stylistically done that way or if there was some sort of unconscious or conscious method of maturing the photos that made them turn out that way but it's pretty crazy.

[@Spongebrain97]

@TermsofService lol but you pulled off a total boomer move by bringing up millennials out of nowhere to make a criticism that has nothing to do with the topic lmao. Ok boomer

[@josh.dainty205]

TermsofService “phone zombie” what electronic device are you using, my friend? I can tell a troll when I see one

[@Spongebrain97]

@TermsofService lol no Gen Xers along with millenials and Gen Z hate the boomers since most of our problems stemmed from them like the failed war on drugs, war in iraq, housing market crash etc. And the inability for most boomers to use the internet and stay in touch with current politics that arent revolved around abortion or stupid ass religion. Everything else you said in your second response is just word salad lol

[@Spongebrain97]

@TermsofService who was it that made the first comment out of nowhere that was whining about millenials?

[@damonika09]

The fact Lincoln dreamt his own demise is insane.

[@cheneethompson5756]

Yeah! That's creepy! He saw his own coffin in the dream *shudders*

[@gamernorcal]

Was Lincoln dreaming of his own funeral or one almost 100 years later : John F Kennedy?

[@karenarola339]

Name the names of everything that happened 100 years later

[@heavenly_10713]

or Andrew jackson?

[@abeIincoIn]

Yes.

[@jannettsnow2856]

Gamer NorCal good ?

[@its_anna_subscribe]

@@heavenly_10713jackson didn’t die from his assassination attempt

[@xpan195]

I’m here after watching a video called “Last to Witness Abraham Lincoln’s assassination”, where it featured a 95 year old man going on a tv show in 1956 to describe what he saw in the theater that day. Short video and worth a watch, he even described how he saw Booth fall onto the stage.

[@wackydude2137]

Link?

[@IronmanSweat]

Same

[@route2070]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4OzoKyjqZh9rpY

[@KennyTheLyr1c1st]

It was a 96 year old

[@ABCDEFGH-or2eb]

His concern was for the assassin!

[@bobbyjayjohnson3460]

Lewis Powell looks like a heartthrob pop star whose photos were taken somewhere in the late 1970s-2000s.

[@mdaddy775]

Most of Booth's conspirators are hunky!

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

In movies and TV shows, John Wilkes Booth is always portrayed as a 40-something year old man. He was actually only 26 years old when he shot Lincoln. Another couple weeks and he would have been a member of the "27 club."

[@olanrewajuihenacho178]

But men always looked older in those days with their moustaches and such , and don’t forget he’d lived through the War.

[@8sins236]

The 27 club is for singers/songwriters not anyone that was famous that died at 27.

[@thenamelessdragonfish]

@@8sins236 it can also be actors

[@8sins236]

@@thenamelessdragonfish I just looked up the list of members and yes you're right actually. Out of the 65 members 5 weren't musicians/singers/songwriters. Rico Yan, Jonathan Brandis, Jane, Goody, Dash Snow and Anton Yelchin. Still I make my point that the vast majority are musicians/singers/songwriters.

[@luisdavila1236]

This has to be movie worthy,some guy gets drunk when ordered to kill the Vice President,the Secretary of State almost gets killed,and the president gets assassinated.

[@iammrbeat]

+Luis Davila I'm surprised it never was turned into a film

[@taliquetaylor2407]

Lol the Conspirator is one. Doesn’t delve into too much detail so I don’t know if it counts

[@defundthepolice2007]

Talique Taylor The Conspirator is a hidden gem. It’s mostly about how Mary Surrat got railroaded and didn’t have anything to do with Lincoln’s murder. Too bad Mr. Beat didn’t mention that tidbit

[@yeetman3685]

I just want to know who was who in that hanging picture lol. Can we get a movie on that?

[@adrian72300]

@@defundthepolice2007 Revisionist history

[@MrOnlyUSEGUN]

"Sic semper tyrannis" Says the slave owner lol

[@kylemaljevac5482]

@Infinite Man But he heavily opposed the abolition of slavery and was a irreconcilable white supremacist

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

To be fair to Booth,Lincoln was the closest thing The United States ever had to a dictator, though I don’t think he wanted to be but was forced to by the civil war. I believe Lincoln did what he had to do to keep the union together.

[@stefansnellgrove]

Warren Rhinerson Lincoln wasn’t a even close to a dictator he was a kind hearted good man the closest thing we’ve had to a dictator is Trump who praises dictators like his boyfriends Kim Jung Un and Vladimir Puttin. In fact he said “why shouldn’t I like him” “his people stand in attention I want my people to do that” about Kim Jung Un the guy who starved his people but yet “why shouldn’t I like him”. As for standing in attention North Koreans don’t have a choice if they don’t they get they ass’s shot. If it wasn’t for our Constitution’s Checks And Balances he called “archaic rules” and “so unfair to me” we’d already be in a full fledged dictatorship like 2 years ago at least.

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

@@stefansnellgrove Yes he was. Abraham Lincoln threw people in Prison without a trail multiple times, regularly ignored congress and the courts, censored the press just to name a few. Do I think he was a kind hearted man who had to act like that to preserve the union? Yes. I even keep a bust of him on my desk and his painting on my wall. Donald Trump is not the closest thing we have had to a dictator. He may have an ego the size of Texas, But so did Barack Obama(who literally injected himself into the biographies of every President since 1923 with the exceptions of Eisenhower and Ford). Trump praised Putin and King Jung, because he is a business man and knows you have to have a decent relationship to negotiate. He also used that relationship to end the fifty year long war between North and South Korea, even Jimmy Carter said he deserved the Nobel Prize for that. You also misunderstood what he said. He never said the checks and balances in the Constitution were "archaic" He said the rules of the House and Senate are, which are set up by the House and Senate, not the constitution directly. He also wasn't calling the checks and balances system "so unfair to me". What he was saying was unfair was that Democrats in the house were abusing their power of impeachment on him for not doing anything illegal. In fact, out of all 60 Impeachment proceedings, Trump is the only time in US history where the person being impeached did not commit a crime but was impeached anyway.

[@coweatsman]

@@stefansnellgrove American presidents have never had any problems with dictators. The Augusto Pinochet, The Saudi Royal family and any number of US friendly dictators in South America.

[@willbowden6897]

The greatest President we ever had. Shame he didn't get to live a full life. Forever grateful to Mr. Lincoln

[@abrahamlincoln5185]

Thank you for your kind words

[@thomasedwardpatrickbradyjr]

Abraham Lincoln lol

[@rapidmark2700]

Damn bro never knew that somebody can live up to 170 years nice

[@jackward2191]

@Rebel Jackson umm can I ask why?

[@wesleyscott1633]

@Rebel Jackson I think he’s actually gonna deal with you

[@frostychocolatemilkshakes2944]

2:56 Are you sure that’s really Lewis Powell’s mugshot, and you didn’t put in an Abercrombie & Fitch ad by mistake?

[@Rhiggins5173]

I think this is your best video. I like your current stuff too but there's something hypnotic about this one in particular. The fact that you generally know how it's gonna go, the flashes of black and white photos, the upbeat music that keeps pushing the tempo along both quickly and steadily. It just makes for a rollercoaster of a video.

[@theflourishcrisis]

I am surprised that the police officer wasn't charged with neglect of duty and punished.

[@alfredroberthogan]

Mr. Parker arrested an alleged prostitute in DC overnight. I think that easily offsets any lapse re Lincoln--though NOT his drinking alcohol which was inexcusable. For the record I strongly oppose ALL violence.

[@SirDrakeFrancis]

The event was certainly decisive for his life. I think his sucide was certainty related to this incident. Because everyone after that was seeing him as a useless guy.

[@JamesLautzenheiser]

Quality images and solid audio. I liked the presentation style with embedded quotes and voice-overs. I struggle to incorporate the slides, audio and text as well as you do. Keep up the good work. I'm sure I'll use this segment in the spring when we get to the US Civil War. Thanks! #UShistory #sschat #Lincoln

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for the nice comment, James. That means a lot. :) Yeah, it takes awhile to get these videos like I want them. Not to mention, years of practice! Stay in touch.

[@AtomicReverend]

I actually learned a few things from this well known assassination.

[@nerddragon2222]

Johnson?

[@mjaned0528]

there is a footage vid about his death

[@zudpy]

@@mjaned0528 That was not Lincoln's death, That was from a 1915 film called "The Birth of a Nation."

[@mjaned0528]

@@zudpy ok

[@mjaned0528]

@@nerddragon2222 lyndon? andrew?

[@SandfordSmythe]

If Lincoln had gotten his hands on Booth, it would have been a different story. He was a man of prodigious strength. A few weeks prior on a Navy ship, he showed his ability to lift a full size ax straight out using his wrist.

[@lesaber251]

And he was a very good wrestler. If he was able to get his hands on Booth in the presidential box, Booth would tap out in no time. Then he'd fling him onto the stage head first.

[@dewaynerogers5795]

JWB Great American.

[@dankoop66]

There was a man holding the horse for booths escape, that man was a relative of mine. He was charged in the conspiracy but was not executed.

[@nomad155]

That's crazy

[@phormex1]

How did you find out that man was your relative

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

May Lincoln rest in peace. Also, Booth entered the theater at 10:10 pm. Also, Dr Leale was the first surgeon to attend Lincoln. When being brought to the Petersen House, they re examined Lincoln for any wounds and apply mustard plasters, hot water bottles blankets and sheets to comfort him.

[@TheLetsPlayBaseballCurse]

It's a GREAT idea to let a guy with a history guard the country's most important person.

[@iammrbeat]

Not only the country's most important person, but the country's most important person who was getting more than 80 written death threats a week!

[@jacobwedin6774]

Booth stop by fourth. theater. because. plan. kidnapping. and. be easy. to. kill. Lincoln 🔫😲🔪😲

[@dugroz]

I would hope after sitting at a bar across the street while the man he was paid to guard was assassinated, he finally got fired . . .

[@liker-qd4fz]

Parker remained on the police force until 1868 when he was fired for sleeping on duty. He later went back to work as a carpenter. He died of pneumonia complicated by asthma and exhaustion in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 1890.

[@mikhailv67tv]

Why wouldn't you use spooky music during the dream that Lincoln had? THAT was amazing that he dreamed it. What's the story behind Booths brother saving Lincoln's son? That's fascinating.

[@joezegers]

The other three assassinated were Garfield; McKinley; and most tragically, Kennedy. Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau, a crazy man whose motive was revenge after Garfield didn’t give him a job in the White House, in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, DC on July 2, 1881. While he seemed to be recovering, he died two months later of septic shock caused by an infection while doctors were treating his wounds. He was only president for six months, the second shortest tenure in history after William Henry Harrison’s 31 days. McKinley was shot in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, NY on September 6, 1901 by an anarchist named Leon Czolgolz. He ended up dying from gangrene from the wounds 8 days later, famously resulting in Theodore Roosevelt becoming president (one of the GOATS along with Lincoln and George Washington). Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln convertible whilst visiting Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He died from the wounds an hour later. Gerald Ford also survived two assassination attempts in 1975 (by a Manson follower and by another woman), and Ronald Reagan also survived an assassination attempt in 1981 (by a guy obsessed with Jodie Foster). Teddy Roosevelt was also almost assassinated before giving a speech in 1912 (while running for a third non-consecutive term), although he finished the entire speech anyway, like a boss! FDR was also almost assassinated in Miami in 1933, before his historic four terms even began! The assassin ended up instead killing the mayor of Chicago.

[@Deere55]

Andrew Jackson was the first president to survive an assassination attempt. The assassin, an insane man, had both of his pistols misfire when he fired them at Jackson. Jackson then beat the man with his cane until others subdued him.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Don't forget Harry Truman, who was shot at by two Puerto Rican independence fighters while in his White House study. One of the two lived to go to trial. He was sentenced to death, but Truman commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. It would seem to be the height of magnanimity that a president spared the life of a person who had tried to kill him, but it undoubtedly was smart strategy as well. Truman knew on the date of the man's execution, independence fervor would boil over, and with life in prison his case would be remain obscure.

[@PriceDeepfakes]

Coincidently McKinley was shot on my birthday if I was alive

[@JShu98]

The phrase "Sic Semper Tyrannis" is the state motto of Virginia, which is often misbelieved to be Booth's native state. He was in fact born and raised in Maryland, which was a slave state that stayed in the Union.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Maybe it was "I'm a sick tempered anus!"

[@MasterOfTheLemons]

Wow, I actually never knew what happened to Booth until now. Such a famous assassination, yet my knowledge of the story ended right after he hit the stage and ran out. Really fascinating, especially with that whole "lighting the cabin on fire" thing, and also Lincoln's bodyguard abandoning his post! Starting with Lincoln's dream was eerie as hell, too. Never heard about that, either! Thanks so much!

[@ThePharaoh9]

same i knew he escaped but i thought he was arrested and executed he instead got the easy way out

[@JohnParks-zc1pn]

Did you go some home school? We learned about what happened to Booth in elementary school in the 1960s.

[@ThePharaoh9]

@@JohnParks-zc1pn school isn't important and plus you will forget half of the stuff you learn once you grow up

[@Grimmbros1214]

i’ve heard some places that lincoln’s son yelled “the president has been shot” and people in the audience thought it was just part of the play, but that might just be an urban legen

[@seanpatmac27]

I've actually been to Ford's Theater when I went on a field trip with my 5th grade class in 1993

[@steen5984]

Sean McDermott boomer

[@SwrveYT]

@Robert Lee, Countertenor you got mugged off there lad, that’s part of the joke lmao

[@Cheerful_Ox]

Now go to dallas

[@radacious29]

In middle school I read a book about the assassination and subsequent manhunt, but I had forgotten that he only fell 11 feet. I assumed he fell like 30.

[@fostersamels]

For some reason I used to be really scared of Mary Surratt when I was like 9 and had nightmares about her. I went to the museam at Ford's Theatre and I thought the giant picture of Mary Surratt was very ghostly and freaky. I misremembered what her name was and thought it was "Mary Scurratt" but it didn't matter and I kept thinking she was in the corner of my room and I was afraid to look there cause I thought she would just be staring back at me from the shadows like she was in the picture. And later I came across a picture of her being hanged along with the other conspirators. That didn't help lol.

[@MooMooMath]

Interesting video and pictures. Thanks

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for watching!

[@donaldlewis567]

Only minor error - Booth did not break his leg from the jump to the stage - it was from a horse during the escape. It is a common misconception that he broke his leg from the jump. Like the one that Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address on the back of an envelope.

[@ilovetotri23]

Great video! I never knew the details. I learned only the history taught in public schools. Awesome video! Thanks for the research and post.

[@alextheflagguy4032]

Very Interesting thank u man I've learned lots of things about this History I didn't know.

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks!

[@lesaber251]

Actor Tom Hanks, is the third cousin, four generations removed, of Lincoln through the President`s mother Nancy Hanks. "I`m related to Abraham Lincoln. His mother was called Nancy Hanks, and the members of my branch of the family are either cousins or in-laws or poor relations.

[@OnlyMichaelSparrow]

Wait. I’m also related through Nancy Hanks as well.

[@joshjhutton]

8:50 this is one of the biggest myths in the story. There is no evidence that Booth broke his leg in the jump. It's not likely that Booth was able to get up, run across the stage without a limp, jump onto a horse, kick the person holding the horse, stand up in the stirrups while galloping at full speed through the streets of Washington, and then get off the horse and walk his horse across the bridge out of Washington without limping, with a broken fibula. The most likely scenario is that he fell from his horse after he left Washington. It was dark, and it was raining, so holes in the road would have been difficult to see and the roads would have been muddy. Davy Harold told Dr. Mudd that Booth had fallen from his horse and that's how he broke his leg.

[@coldtruth9431]

Not true. He did in fact break his leg from the jump, but lied about how it happened to the doctor

[@joshjhutton]

@@coldtruth9431 Even the park guides at Fords theatre have debunked this myth. There is no evidence he broke his leg in the jump from the balcony.

[@coldtruth9431]

@@joshjhutton oh wow the park guides?! 😂😂

[@joshjhutton]

@@coldtruth9431 Well if you have evidence to dispute this, please bring it forth.

[@ericoberlies7537]

Having broken that same bone in that same fashion, I’m going to agree with you.

[@dandidthat3487]

Everyone:Protect the president "door has no lock"

[@Christina3304]

R.I.P Lincoln. He was a good leader.

[@zakdickerson4185]

It’s so great how Mr Beat has been making videos of a high quality for 8 years.

[@smug8567]

Nearly impossible to capture raw footage like that now.

[@64logik18]

I really enjoyed this video, can you do more assassination videos like this one? Such as The Assasination of Willam Mckinley?

[@sydneyw4282]

I can’t believe Surrattsville is still named that considering their involvement in the assassination.

[@olanrewajuihenacho178]

Look at all the US Army bases named after rebel generals!

[@jeffreywincell3677]

Its Clinton Maryland

[@JaycieSLove]

I legitimately thought those pictures of Lewis Powell were stock images Mr. Beat was showing because we didn’t have any pictures of the actual guy

[@StarWarsHour]

At least Lincoln had a good chuckle before his mind was blown.

[@midwestweirdo666]

At the end you forgot to mention that the secret service wouldn't have done anything to prevent his assassination anyway because their original job was to investigate counterfeiting.

[@FTRV]

I grew up close to Dr. Mudds home. Still plenty of decents live in that area. Always an interesting story. Also, where the Garrett barn sat is now the median between north and south bound lanes of route 301 in Port Royal. Nothing more than a small historical marker now.

[@daedatlas]

Thank you for the upload!

[@Mr.Tw1sty]

IMO, if the shot missed, Lincoln would've clapped Booth in a fight,Lincoln invented the choke slam. it would've been an easy W for Abe

[@Adam-ht4nr]

And we can't forget about Mr Seymour the last living person to see Lincoln murdered he was 5 at the time he was on a television game show in the 50s and he was like 90 something

[@billmyers7356]

Yes, he was actually 96 on the Price is Right game show

[@brianarbenz7206]

Here it is: I've Got a Secret in 1956: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4OzoKyjqZh9rpY

[@monarchvenom7320]

Damn, too bad he didn't get a fax from his samurai friend

[@carlosgarth4555]

Came here looking for this comment

[@mr.fuz2229]

@@carlosgarth4555 bro same

[@samuellanciani7808]

The forbidden app

[@abrahamlincoln1600]

Thanks for clearing this up.

[@melissa9375]

It's LAY-MON. And Rathbone's fiancee's name is pronounced: CLAIR-AH. The story of their lives (and deaths) after the night of the assassination would make quite a movie! The name of the town where Lee surrendered to Grant really is: Appomattox Court House - sounds odd, but that's still the name of the town today.

[@DW-rs8tq]

Lincoln did the best he could as did those who preceded him.The main objective at this time was the preservation of the union

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@MM-ig1iv]

Killing him never made any sense to me? he had already made his mark in history... by killing him just made him an instant legend!

[@bradysorbin1279]

Hey it's one of your old students Brady. Do you still have our old broadcast videos from 7th grade? I need to see those again cause I am going into a broadcast class in high school. Do you still have them or can I get them from someone? Thanks!!!!

[@Krystal_Kitty7]

Wow the last fact was very interesting. Cool video thanks

[@Asopb]

Love all your videos man

[@GM-se8zg]

R.I.P ABRAHAM YOU WILL BE MISSED 🙁🙁🙁🙁

[@rodponcedelrosario6873]

Nice and clear narrration. Thanks.

[@iangraham2080]

It's uncanny how many parallels there are between my US history lectures and the exact things he talked about.

[@Habackuk24]

Good video. The music is a bit distracting, though.

[@timrobinson5626]

There were a few strange side notes to the assassination I found pretty interesting. What happened to Rathbone and Harris? Well seems Major Rathbone went a little nuts years later and wound up killing Clara Harris and then went to nutfarm the rest of his days. Powell who stabbed Seward in his house had a guard named George Robinson (there is no relation but my father's name was George Robinson)

[@seanmcguire1424]

It's weird that Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy predicted their own death

[@tottenvillemiddleschool]

Thanks for sharing. Very insightful.

[@OwenisaProsChannelAndOwenisMJ]

Abraham lincoln is my favorite us president. I attended abraham lincoln High School and graduated from it on June 9th 2023.

[@mastervorn3220]

“Look how dreamy he looks! Anyway he’s a racist and southern sympathizer.”

[@jorgeskts]

Mr i just beat the beat with this as background sound

[@blakehairston3uwu310]

The music is so happy with such a sad and important part of history

[@nicolasvinicius3377]

someone can please give me the name of the song in the background of the video

[@MrEcobob]

from the UK. Liked the video. Why is Lincoln not on your personal list of top 10 presidents? Shocking the lack of protection for the president, is there any indication that it was deliberate or did Lincoln have a fatalistic view on things?

[@bobbywise2313]

Lincoln never wanted protection and went out for night walks or rides alone even after being shot at and threatened many times.

[@koreywitabagg665]

@@bobbywise2313 that man had balls of steel

[@bobbywise2313]

@@koreywitabagg665 His wife hated that about him. But yes he did.

[@BGamingX812]

thank you Mr. Beat

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

Quite informative.

[@Wysiwyg43]

You're right! Powell=cute AF! But I digress... Wilkes-Booth went out like the Shakespearean actor he was; looking at his hands saying, "Useless. Useless". He actually kept a diary while on the lam and in constant pain. What a diva!

[@melonnieloya6049]

This is amazing and my homeschooled children and are are eternally grateful.

[@Vercingetorix.Fantasia]

8:24 looks so much like a photo it kinds blew me away

[@olanrewajuihenacho178]

The music is completely incongruous and distracting .Wilkes Booth also served a a scout for the Confederate Army. Otherwise , lots of new and interesting information . Well done! 👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿🇬🇧

[@bojanglesfries]

Lewis Powell looks like a modern day pop singer.

[@kingech_B15]

the south is still salty

[@PoppinStart]

Unrelated but in the intro mr beat has the same guitar as me

[@AlbertoCasanova]

Sir, background music is too loud and too cheery.

[@yamimayonnaise5378]

I tried looking for the first song everywhere in electric needle room's channel but i can't find it. Some songs sound similar but this one sounds like an instrumental version

[@iammrbeat]

It's The Primary and Secondary Sources Song

[@iammrbeat]

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[@bryandorneman2191]

I live in richmond va

[@blukester7994]

Did anyone else see the picture of Wilks booth about to shoot him?

[@pieman8937]

Thanks I learned a lot.I am not bored because of this video

[@threatassessment606]

Super

[@patrioticconservative422]

Whats it with johnson constantly pardoning the people who aided lincolns assassination.

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

He didn't like Lincoln.

[@aznluvr7]

He was for a lenient reconstruction, so he figured that they guys who directly played a role were all dead and it would score him some points. I don't agree, but that was his perogative. Johnson sucked though.

[@loyalistredcoat4560]

That stuff about the secret service blew my mind (sorry). The same day? The writers were tripping with that one.

[@g.t.hoppio]

Still good after 7 years

[@KjaxGaming]

Hi my name is Kaleb! I’m wondering if you could send me the music playing in the background of this video? I want to use it for a personal project that I think would go great with.

[@MaxF1v3]

You should’ve sent this in an email

[@willmack5909]

I realize I am far from the only person who has this oddity in common with President Lincoln, but just as he died at 7:22am Eastern Standard Time, I was born at 7:22am EST.

[@Joetheshow445]

I’m convinced Lewis Powell was a time traveler, no one had hair like that back then

[@theasian24601]

There was a game show called guess my secret and a witness of Lincoln killing was on it in 1956. He was 5 when Lincoln was shot

[@betrummukhweojr8431]

Nice to meet you Mr Beat....

[@brendan9868]

Interesting, never heard about how exactly Booth died before. Also I had no idea he died in Virginia, always just assumed he was killed in Maryland since he was born and buried there.

[@food2430]

0:00 what’s that intro ... lol

[@MrFrog-rc3zx]

Why is this part of history so dramatic and romantic? It’s too perfect.