The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot

In The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story, historian B.F. Cooling documents the story of President Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864. Standing apart in American history as the only time a sitting American president came under enemy fire while in office, it poses a troubling question: What if then-president Lincoln had been shot nine months prior to his assassination in Ford's Theater? The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot answers this question, shedding light on the only Civil War battle to reach our nation’s capital.