MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · April 14
THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 14
April 14 in history
1861 — Fort Sumter
12–14 Apr 1861 — After 34 hours of bombardment the fort surrenders; the only men killed die in an accidental salute. The cheapest battle of the war opens the costliest war in American history.
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1865 — Ford’s Theatre
14 Apr 1865 — Five days after Appomattox, on Good Friday, John Wilkes Booth shoots the President during the play. Lincoln dies the next morning — “Now he belongs to the ages.” Victory and grief arrive in the same week.
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