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Five surprising facts about Lincoln's assassination

Name: Five surprising facts about Lincoln's assassination
Uploaded: 2015-04-14T11:13:58-0400
Duration: 6 min 25 s
Description: To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, CBS News sat down with historian Harold Holzer to reveal surprising facts about the 16th president and his connection to John Wilkes Booth. Holzer is one of the country's leading authorities on Lincoln.

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, CBS News sat down with historian Harold Holzer to reveal surprising facts about the 16th president and his connection to John Wilkes Booth. Holzer is one of the country's leading authorities on Lincoln.