The Psychic Lincoln Dismissed
Charles Colchester claimed to foresee Abraham Lincoln’s assassination weeks before it happened. He sent a warning letter to the White House in March 1865. Lincoln, skeptical of spiritualism and busy with the Civil War’s conclusion, ignored the message. The president’s security team also dismissed Colchester due to his questionable reputation. John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, derailing plans for a gentle Reconstruction. The nation’s healing process suffered for decades afterward.
