In the meantime, if you want to add chocolate to your diet, do so in moderation. Why? Most commercial chocolate has ingredients that add fat, sugar and calories. And too much can contribute to weight gain, a risk factor for high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. On the other hand, cocoa itself, unlike chocolate, is low in sugar and fat while offering potential health benefits.
The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.
Civil War. Lincoln dies from an assassinâs bullet. President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, dies from an assassinâs bullet. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Fordâs Theater in Washington the night before, Lincoln lived for nine hours before succumbing to the severe head wound he sustained.