On an overcast night, April 14, 1865, the United States was rocked by a tragedy that would forever change its course. At approximately 10:20 pm, the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was shot by an assassin while attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. This was no ordinary assassination; it was a meticulously planned conspiracy that aimed to dismantle the American government and plunge the nation into chaos.