#lincoln assassination

[beardedmrbean]

[deadpresidents]

After President Abraham Lincoln was shot during a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre, several doctors who were in the audience and also enjoying the play rushed into the Presidential Box and began attending to the President. It was clear that Lincoln's wounds were almost certainly mortal, but the doctors still attempted to save his life. Originally thinking that the President had been stabbed, they soon found that he had been shot behind the left ear and the bullet -- a 43.75 mm ball which had been fired by John Wilkes Booth's .44 caliber Derringer -- had sliced through Lincoln's brain and lodged behind his eye sockets without exiting the skull. When Lincoln's breathing became more shallow, Dr. Charles Leale used his finger to remove blood clots from the wound, which immediately improved Lincoln's respiration.

The doctors decided to move Lincoln from the theater, but felt that the President's condition was far too weak to risk taking him back to the White House, which was several blocks away. A nearby saloon was considered just as unseemly of a place for the President to spend his last hours and likely die in as a theatre, so Lincoln was carried across the 10th Street to William Petersen's boarding house. When they brought Lincoln into the boarding house, they realized that the 6'4" President was too tall for the bed they found for him, so they laid him diagonally upon it.

It was obvious that Lincoln could not survive his wound, so the attending doctors simply tried to keep him comfortable in his final hours by clearing the blood clots in his skull that caused his breathing to become more labored. Throughout the night, the President never regained consciousness, but witnesses said that he looked peaceful as his life was drawing to a close. The only visible evidence of his mortal wound were the bloody pillows that his head rested on and the raccoon-like bruising around Lincoln's eye sockets due to the orbital bones fractured by Booth's bullet after it passed through his brain. Nine hours after he was shot, Lincoln died in Petersen's Boarding House at the age of 56.

Shortly after the President was pronounced dead, his body was placed in a coffin and transferred back to the White House in a carriage. Just a few hours later, one of the residents of Petersen's Boarding House, Julius Ulke, took a photograph (seen at the beginning of this post) of the room and the bed -- including a pillow soaked with the President's blood -- where Lincoln had died earlier that morning.

The room in Petersen's Boarding House where Abraham Lincoln died, pictured in 2007.

[facts-i-just-made-up]

tell me about the play “our american cousin”

"Our American Cousin" is a play less known for its story than its 1865 production at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., which was said to be "Well-costumed, lavish in set design, and supremely well acted despite certain distractions," according to Mary Todd Lincoln.

[pranklinfierce]

Found another pen so I'm sketching again.

I accidentally composed my page so that cartoon conkling and cartoon old maid buchanan seem to be really unhappy that John wilkes booth is there. Maybe they didn't like manhunt. Neither did i

[imthefailedartist]

Day trip: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.

I've never been, and I'm trying to do more stuff I've never done in my home state.

Weiner mobile, Rosa Parks Bus (no sign indicating which seat she sat in though, the attending employee will tell you if you ask), Lincoln assassination chair. The blood is really still there. It was so much blood.

McDonald's sign, Lamys Diner, a cool blue car, JFKs presidential limo, the Reagan Presidential limo got rid of the convertible top and opted for 2 person sunroof,

Fokker Arctic exploration plane, Wright Brothers first successful plane. A half clay half metal car I thought they only made for commercials. They have so much racing history it was cool.

Food from Ford's Garage (not associated with the museum or Ford, just smart capitalization), and I got to see the sunset at a lake.

The museum has two restaurants. Lamys Diner. A traditional train car diner (love) that I did not know was really serving food until I heard clinking plates. I wanted to dine there, but it was too late by the time I realized. Also I don't eat in restaurants, cause panny.

And my punishment for enjoying myself? nails in two tires. This is why I don't go anywhere.

[generic-lab-assistant]

On some Lincoln assassination stuff

[tonyrossmcmahon]

Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln - by Tony McMahon

For two years, I’ve been investigating the Jack the Ripper case – pouring over the original police and court records, as well as contemporary newspaper reports and other evidence. What I’ve uncovered will amaze you. On May 28, 2024 – I will reveal all in a new book: Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln (Troubador publishing). The spark for this investigation was an appearance on the documentary…

[halberdierminister]

Look at this cool new t-shirt I made for fans of Abraham Lincoln! I made it on my own time, with my own resources, and without any affiliation to existing public or private institutions concerned with history, education, hospitality, culture or retail. You can find it at my new Threadless shop or directly at bit.ly/imissabe

[i-am-iron-man-3000]

soooo we were playing a game in math class the other day (its like kahoot but math themed) and obviously you can pick your names and so one of the boys in my class decided to be ‘John Wilks Booth’ and a different boy decided to be ‘Abraham Lincoln’ and before you yell at me that ‘Its John WILKES Booth not WILKS’ I know that, i just remembered this because I was watching a documentary about how Booth may not have died in the farm. Anyways teenagers are idiots and scare the living shit out of me.

[gtws-in-various-places]

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

abraham lincoln's assassination remains wild to me. president of the united states murdered by famous young actor nicknamed "the handsomest man in America," during the performance of a highly popular theatrical production. imagine if Timothée Chalamet murdered the U. S. President at a Hamilton Broadway performance. what the fuck

[deadpresidents]

Learned today that John Wilkes Booth had a six-pack. Can that really be right?

I hope that's not the most essential information that people today are learning about John Wilkes Booth's life.

I've never seen a "Sexy American Assassins" calendar that featured Booth posing with his shirt off or Charles Guiteau participating in a wet t-shirt contest (at least not yet, but a boy can dream), so I can't definitively confirm that information. However, what apparently made Booth stand out as an actor was his exceptional athleticism on stage. People who watched the plays that he acted in often remarked on Booth's dynamic physical performances. So that, and the fact that he was just 26 years old when he died, would seem to support the possibility that he was in pretty good shape. But even if John Wilkes Booth had washboard abs, I think the most important detail to remember is that he murdered Abraham Lincoln and that sucked.

(While we're on the subject, it's interesting to note that some of the people attending to President Lincoln in the hours between the time he was shot and his death the following morning were shocked at how muscular the 56-year-old President was when he was undressed as doctors attempted to save his life. Dr. Edward Curtis, who assisted with the autopsy of Lincoln at the White House, wrote that "I was simply astonished at the showing of the nude remains, where well-rounded muscles built upon strong bones, and perfectly outlined beneath a clear skin free from underlying fat, told the powerful athlete. Now did I understand the deeds of prowess recorded of the President's early days." So, Booth is probably lucky he had a gun -- and snuck up on the President from behind -- because Lincoln probably would have knocked his dick in the dirt.)

[And, yes, I really gave a relatively serious answer to this question.]

[pranklinfierce]

I'm here for the picture of pierce that shows up in this episode (thank you gettingpierced blogspot for doing the work for me) but I'll take a John Wilkes Booth joke happily

[diavoloinajar]

can you guys believe they got married this season?????

[nancywheeeler]

hopeless time loop. the way out isn’t to save everyone. the way out isn’t to save even one person. the way out isn’t to change anything. the way out is accepting how it happened the first time is how it always will be. that’s how you acted, that’s how they acted, that’s how you would have acted every time if you weren’t given the curse of hindsight. the way out is accepting you can’t fix the past; you can only forgive yourself for it.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I witnessed Abe Lincoln’s assassination and got dragged into hunting for John Wilkes Booth.