ALPHA Timepoint is in alpha Talk to Us
Sign In Get Started
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln by shooting him in the head during a performance of 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre.

Setting

Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., during a performance of 'Our American Cousin'. The theatre is packed with an audience of about 1,700 people, including President Lincoln and his party in the presidential box.

Characters

The figures in this scene as an entity network — co-presence links everyone in the moment; speakers who trade lines are bound tighter. Turn the resolution dial to reveal depth the engine actually computed.

TNGF
SELECTED
Abraham Lincoln
primary
A tall, gaunt man with a height of 6 feet 4 inches, deep-set eyes, a prominent nose, and a weathered face with deep wrinkles. His dark hair is streaked with gray, and he sports his signature beard, neatly trimmed. His hands are large and calloused from years of manual labor in his youth.
John Wilkes Booth
primary
A 26-year-old actor with a lean, athletic build, dark wavy hair, and piercing dark eyes. His face is clean-shaven, and he carries himself with the confidence of a performer. His hands are notably expressive, a trait honed from years on stage.
Mary Todd Lincoln
secondary
A woman in her mid-40s with a rounded face, dark brown hair styled in a modest updo with curls framing her face, and expressive brown eyes. Her complexion is pale, and she carries herself with the dignified posture of a First Lady, though her frame appears slightly frail from years of stress and grief.
Theater Guard
secondary
A middle-aged man with a sturdy build, standing at about 5 feet 10 inches tall. He has a weathered face with a thick mustache and short-cropped dark hair. His posture is upright, reflecting his military training, and his hands are calloused from years of service.
Audience Member
background
A middle-aged man with a slightly weathered face, thinning brown hair, and a modest beard. His build is average, with broad shoulders suggesting manual labor.

Dialog

Abraham Lincoln That Mr. Trenchard is quite the rascal, isn't he, Mother?
Mary Todd Lincoln Indeed he is, Father. Though I confess I find myself more concerned with the draft in this box than the play's antics.
John Wilkes Booth Sic semper tyrannis!
Mary Todd Lincoln They've shot the President!
John Wilkes Booth The South is avenged!

Chat with Characters

You've used your 3 free turns

Sign in to keep chatting with characters from this moment — unlimited turns.

Sign in to Continue
— Sign in for unlimited

Causal neighbors · 147 linked moments

A
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre
1865 · contemporaneous
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865 · contemporaneous
A
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre
1865 · contemporaneous
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Abraham Lincoln
1865 · contemporaneous
A
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865 · contemporaneous
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865 · contemporaneous
A
Assassination Attempt on William H. Seward
1865 · contemporaneous
G
Great Fire of Chicago
1871 · same era
G
Great Fire of Chicago
1871 · precedes
A
AlphaGo Defeats Lee Sedol in Game 1
2016 · same figure
A
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre
1865 · same figure
L
Lincoln funeral procession to the Capitol
1865 · same figure
G
Google I/O 2018 Keynote
2018 · same figure
D
Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in a six-game match
1997 · same figure
R
Reagan's Evil Empire Speech
1983 · same figure
M
Mother of All Demos
1968 · same figure
AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol Game 5
AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol Game 5
2016 · same figure
Inauguration of Andrew Johnson
Inauguration of Andrew Johnson
1865 · same figure
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865 · same figure
A
AlphaGo defeats Ke Jie
2017 · same figure
A
AlphaGo defeats Lee Sedol
2016 · same figure
I
IBM Watson wins Jeopardy! exhibition match
2011 · same figure
A
AlphaGo defeats Lee Sedol in the first game of their Go match
2016 · same figure
I
IBM's Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess
1997 · same figure
D
Death of Abraham Lincoln
1865 · same figure
H
House passage of the 13th Amendment
1865 · same figure
5
52nd Annual Grammy Awards
2010 · same figure
S
Siri Introduction on iPhone 4S
2011 · same figure
W
Windows 10 Announcement
2014 · same figure
I
IBM's Watson wins Jeopardy! against human champions
2011 · same figure
J
Jeopardy! television show debut
1964 · same figure
N
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for the invention of the transistor
1956 · same figure
A
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865 · same figure
A
AlphaGo defeats Ke Jie – Game 1
2017 · same figure
N
NeurIPS 2017 Presentation of Attention Is All You Need
2017 · same figure