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Pleading a Cause:
Horace Greeley made his New York Tribune a leading national voice opposing slavery. In an 1862 editorial, "The Prayer of Twenty Millions," he implored President Lincoln to set free the slaves. Lincoln responded, saying his goal was not to save or destroy slavery, but "to save the Union."
1865 EXTRA!
'The President Was Shot'
On the right of April 14, 1865, Associated Press correspondent Lawrence Gobright received news at his Washington office President Lincoln had been shot. Gobright scooped the story, sending the first report to AP's New York headquarters. "To the Associated press: The president was shot in a theatre tonight and perhaps mortally wounded." Gobright then hurried to Ford's Theatre to do first-person reporting.
Recording History:
photographer Alexander Gardner chronicled the aftermath of President Lincoln's assassination, including the executions, above, of four conspirators. But his work appeared only as engravings. The technology enabling newspapers to reproduce photographs would not be available for several more years. |