This pistol was the weapon John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate President Lincoln. Manufactured by Henry Derringer, this .44 caliber is about 6 inches long with a 2 1/2 inch barrel and only weighs 8 ounces.
The chair Lincoln was sitting on when he was assassinated. The dark red stains are either blood stains or pomade from his hair.
This is a letter about the assassination of Lincoln from a friend's diary on April 6th, 1865.
President Lincoln's most beloved top hat. It has been said that a hat had saved Lincoln's life from a bullet. It is hard to imagine the president without his trademark hat.
The original bed where Lincoln died which is now in the Chicago History Museum.