Ford's Theater the Night
President Lincoln was Shot

A schematic plan depicting the theater box occupied by the President and Mrs. Lincoln the night of his assassination.

Featured in the drawing is the dark hallway leading to the box, the President's door, the footlights and the stage by which Booth was able to escape.

Historian Henry Steele Commager ranked Lincoln at number 11 insofar as his impact on the cultural mindset of the United States...