Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Lincoln Assassination" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Abraham Lincoln, Conspiracy Trial, David Herold, Ford Theater, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln, Lincoln Assassination, President Lincoln Funeral.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Assasination of the President!"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), April 15, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"President Lincoln Shot"
Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, TN), April 15, 1865, EXTRA, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Assassination of President Lincoln and Secretary Steward"
Daily Ohio Statesman (Columbus, OH), April 17, 1865, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2.
"Murder Most Foul!"
Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV), April 17, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Assassination. The Murderous Assault Upon Mr. Seward"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), April 18, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Funeral"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), April 20, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Funeral of President Lincoln"
Cleveland Morning Leader (Cleveland, OH), April 20, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"The Nation's Terrible Calamity"
St. Cloud Democrat (Saint Cloud, MN), April 20, 1865, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"Frightful News!!"
Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), April 21, 1865, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.
"Death of President Lincoln"
Ottawa Free Trader (Ottawa, IL), April 22, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Capture of Booth and One of His Accomplices"
Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV), April 28, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Booth Killed"
Daily Ohio Statesman (Columbus, OH), April 28, 1865, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4
"Horrible Assassination of President Lincoln and Secretary Seward"
Montana Post (Virginia City, MT), April 29, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Killing of Booth"
St. Cloud Democrat (Saint Cloud, MN), May 4, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3
"The Funeral Train"
Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), May 4, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"President Lincoln's Funeral"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), May 6, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Assassination of President Lincoln!"
Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), May 13, 1865, Page 3, Image 3, col. 3.
"Trial of the Conspirators"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), May 15, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"The Conspiracy Trial"
Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), June 30, 1865, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Eyewitness Tells of Lincoln Assassination in Ford's Theater"
The Copper Era and Morenci Leader (Clifton, AZ), February 11, 1921, Page Two, Image 2, col. 1.
"Abraham Lincoln Comes Home"
The Key West Citizen (Key West, FL), April 12, 1940, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.

Lincoln Assassination: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America