WASHINGTON, D.C.,
April 14, 1865 — 12 p.m.
(Sent 12.20 a.m., 15th.)
Lieutenant-General GRANT,
On night train to Burlington:
The President was assassinated at Ford's Theater at 10.30
to-night and cannot live. The wound is a pistol-shot through the head.
Secretary Seward and his son Frederick were also assassinated at their
residence and are in a dangerous condition. The Secretary of War desires that
you return to Washington immediately. Please answer on receipt of this.
THOS. T. ECKERT,
Major, &c.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
46, Part 3 (Serial No. 97), p. 744-5
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