- Mr. Stoneman arrives at Lincoln's office. Stoneman wants the South to be harshly punished for their actions in the war, but Lincoln stops him, explaining that he wants to take a conciliatory approach.
- The South begins to rebuild. We see the Camerons set up their mansion as a boarding house.
- And then, the caption reads, comes the "fated night of April 14, 1865."
- Phil Stoneman arrives at his father's house to take Elsie to the theater. You know who else is going? President Lincoln.
- Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln arrive at the theater and sit in the balcony. The crowd goes wild.
- The president's bodyguard leaves his post so he can get a better view. This dude is great at his job.
- And then it happens—the thing we all knew was coming. John Wilkes Booth creeps into the balcony and shoots Lincoln, leaping onto the stage afterwards and shouting "sic semper tyrannis," which means "thus always to tyrants."