Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged!
After shooting President Lincoln. Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning 'thus always to tyrants'
On 14 April 1865. As reported in: New York Times, 15 April 1865.
Also in: The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (Jansen, McClurg, 1885), p. 432
