History of the United States . Va., January19, 1807. Was graduated second in class atWest Point in 1829; served with marked dis-tinction under Scott in War with Mexico,1847; brevetted major at Cerro Gordo, lieu-tenant-colonel at Contreras, and colonel atChapu! tepee; superintendent West Point,1852-1855; at outbreak of War of Secession,declined command of Federal army and re-signed to enter service of his State; appointed,1862, to command Army of Northern \irginia;after the war became president of WashingtonCollege, Lexington, Va. Died October 12,1870. 320 ADMINISTRATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 234.
History of the United States . Va., January19, 1807. Was graduated second in class atWest Point in 1829; served with marked dis-tinction under Scott in War with Mexico,1847; brevetted major at Cerro Gordo, lieu-tenant-colonel at Contreras, and colonel atChapu! tepee; superintendent West Point,1852-1855; at outbreak of War of Secession,declined command of Federal army and re-signed to enter service of his State; appointed,1862, to command Army of Northern \irginia;after the war became president of WashingtonCollege, Lexington, Va. Died October 12,1870. 320 ADMINISTRATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 234. Thirteenth Amendment Passed by Congress, 1865.—In the meantime Congress had passed the Thirteenth Amendmentto the Constitution, prohibiting slavery forever, and the amend-ment was presented to the State legislatures for ratification.^ 235. Assassination of President Lincoln, April 14, 1865.—In the midst of the rejoicing at the North over the surrender of Lee,the entire country was horrified by the insane deed of an actor,. LAST FORMAL GIVEN AT THE WHITE HOUSE BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN John Wilkes Booth, who, on the night of April 14, shot AbrahamLincoln soon after the President had entered Fords theatre inWashington. President Lincoln died early the following morning,being the first President of the United States to suffer death atthe hands of an assassin. From the moment that the murderer of President Lincolnleaped from the stage of the theatre, he was hotly pursued, to- ^ Efforts had been made during the early part of February to bring aboutpeace. President Lincoln and Secretary Seward met Vice-President Stephensof the Confederacy and others, for a conference on board a steamer at FortressMonroe. The conference, however, bore no results. ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 321 gether with his several accompHces, one of whom had tried tokill Secretary Seward. On the 25th of April, nearly two weekslater, Booth was surrounded in a barn near Fredericksburg. Uponhis refusal to surren
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