Lincoln Dreams About Being Assassinated

On this night in 1865, Abraham Lincoln dreamt of “the subdued sobs of mourners” and a corpse lying on a catafalque in the White House East Room.  In the dream, Lincoln asked a soldier standing guard, “Who is dead in the White House?” to which the soldier replied, “the President . . . he was killed by an assassin.” Lincoln woke up at that point.  On April 11, he told Lamon that the dream had “strangely annoyed” him ever since. Ten days after having the dream, Lincoln was shot in the head and killed by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater.