Abraham Lincoln's autopsy was performed at the White House by Army Surgeons Edward Curtis and Joseph Janvier Woodward, with Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes also in attendance, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. In a letter to his mother, Curtis wrote that Lincoln's body was placed on boards and covered with sheets and towels. He and Woodward began by removing the top of Lincoln's skull to trace the path of the bullet that killed him....
Abraham Lincoln's autopsy was performed at the White House by Army Surgeons Edward Curtis and Joseph Janvier Woodward, with Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes also in attendance, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. In a letter to his mother, Curtis wrote that Lincoln's body was...
Abraham Lincoln began his second term as President of the United States on March 4, 1865, per the Abraham Lincoln Historical Society. On April 15, just weeks later, he died. The Library of Congress relates the tragic story: the night before he had been in attendance at a play...
When hearing the name "Booth" as it relates to U.S. history, one person comes to mind: the notorious John Wilkes Booth. According to Britannica, Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. What has been overshadowed by this dastardly act is the fact that...
For most people on the morning of April 14, 1865, there was probably little to note about the day, apart from the fact that it was Good Friday and they would be celebrating Easter in a couple of days. In fact, for quite a few Americans, it may have seemed like a pretty good day....
Abraham Lincoln: honest. A good lawyer. The president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation. But there are many surprising things about Lincoln that you may not know. Lincoln is not just a good politician; he was also something of an inventor, dabbling in mechanical creativity...
