At seven o'clock on the morning of April 14, 1865, President Lincoln came out of his bedroom, nodded to the night guard, and started down the hall to his office. At 7:22 the following morning Surgeon General Barnes pressed silver coins to his eyelids. The president's day was, as usual, crammed with
The Day Lincoln Was Shotby Jim Bishop
โ Scribed by Review by: H. E. P.
- Book ID
- 124767120
- Year
- 1955
- Weight
- 295 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-2287
- DOI
- 10.2307/40189883
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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