Grant was pursuing Lee's army. He overtook it, and on April 8 offered terms of surrender. Lee accepted. The president's heart was filled with gratitude that no more lives were to be sacrificed on either side. [Sidenote: =Lincoln shot=] =164. President Lincoln Assassinated.= The evening of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to Ford's Theater in Washington to rest his body and mind. As he sat in a box, John Wilkes Booth, an actor, shot him in the back of the head. Booth sprang upon the stage, flourished his revolver, and escaped. [Sidenote: =Dies April 15, 1865=] Abraham Lincoln died the next day. Thus the nation lost a great man. He was truly a man "with malice toward none, with charity for all." [Illustration: Courtesy of _Youth's Companion_ LINCOLN TOWER OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHWARK, LONDON _The cost of this tower was met by contributions half in English sixpences and half in American dimes_] [Sidenote: =Monuments to his memory=] Many monuments have been built to honor the name of this great man. The most unique one is in Edinburgh, Scotland--a life-size statue with one hand holding the Emancipation Proclamation and with the other striking the chains from a half-rising slave. Another interesting monument is the Lincoln Tower of Christ Church, London. High on this tower in red, white, and blue tiles, is the American flag. The largest memorial is at Springfield, Illinois, the home of Lincoln and where he lies buried. One of the most celebrated is the St. Gaudens statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago. [Sidenote: =Lincoln and the South=] =165. Andrew Johnson as President.= Before the war Lincoln had begun the reconstruction of the South. He did not admit that the Confederate states had ever really left the Union. Whenever one-tenth of the voters in a state would take an oath of loyalty to the Union, he allowed them to set up a new government. Lincoln then recognized this as the regular state government. [Illustration: ANDREW JOHNSON _From a photograph taken in 1865, by A. Gardner, Washington, D. C._] [Sidenote: =Johnson a Southerner=] Lincoln did not live to apply his wise and moderate rule to more than a few states. Even here he met with opposition from Congress. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded him as President, was a Southerner, though a stout Unionist. He was honest, but rude and harsh in his behavior. Johnson tried to carry out Lincoln's plans for reconciling the defeated states. But he did not consult Congress before he began. Congress felt that the President was trying to override its power. It made much more harsh conditions for re-admitting the southern states. [Sidenote: =The President and Congress quarrel=]