Comments on: Lincoln’s Last Hours

By: Witness to History: Anderson R. Abbott, Civil War Surgeon – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:30:06 +0000

[…] under the direction of his friend and mentor Major Augusta. After his arrival in Washington, he became acquainted with Elizabeth Keckly, seamstress and confidante to First Lady Mary Lincoln, who lived in the same boarding house as […]

By: Abraham Lincoln Dies From Gunshot - Today in Religion - MEPSfit

Abraham Lincoln Dies From Gunshot - Today in Religion - MEPSfit — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:00:30 +0000

[…] April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died from a gunshot would to the head while he watched a […]

By: Jill Newmark

Jill Newmark — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:17:48 +0000

In reply to Robert Kapanjie. Thank you for your comments Robert and your note about the Harper's Weekly sketch of the assassination. Many illustrations of the assassination as well as those of the deathbed of Lincoln at the Petersen House, in part, are based on the artist's interpretation of the events and may not always accurately depict the event. The autopsy would certainly be a more reliable source for the details of the assassination and we appreciate your comments. Thanks.

By: Robert Kapanjie

Robert Kapanjie — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:18:37 +0000

The contemporary sketch of the assasination in Harper’s Weekly is incorrect in the depiction of the position of the pistol is concerned. John Wilkes Booth is drawn as firing into the back of Mr. Lincoln’s head in a cephalad to caudad ( top to bottom )@ roughly a 45degree angle. This is in my opinion refuted by the autopsy which showed the bullet entering the back of the head , passing through the occipital bone ” less than two inches in back of the left ear, then passing across to the right hemisphere to lie immediately behind the right eye socket” Thid trajectory would indicate the pistol was fired more or less parallel to the shull, not at a 45 degree angle. The fact that the President was 6 feet 4 and Mr. Booth of average height, 5 feet 8 would tend to affirm this. My reference is Anthony Pitch’s ” They Have Killed Papa Dead “. The analysis is my own.

By: Jill L. Newmark

Jill L. Newmark — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:56:54 +0000

In reply to Bradie Metheny. Hi Bradie: Thanks so much for your comments and for passing it along. Your comments are much appreciated. Jill Newmark

By: Bradie Metheny

Bradie Metheny — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:37:34 +0000

Interesting. I have passed it on to a friend who is a Civil War Scholar connected with the New Bedford MA Civil War Round Table. Thank you Ms Newmark for a nice job writing, reporting and referencing