WASHINGTON, April 14,
1865.
General GEORGE G. MEADE:
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. General Grant has been telegraphed
to at Philadelphia and returns to Washington at once.
THOS. T. ECKERT.
(Same to Generals Ord and Patrick.)
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. 745
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