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Leale, Taft, and another doctor from the audience, Albert King, quickly consulted and decided that while the President must be moved, a bumpy carriage ride across town to the White House was out of the question. After briefly considering Peter Taltavull's Star Saloon next door, they chose to carry Lincoln across the street and find a house. The three doctors and some soldiers who had been in the audience carried the President out the front entrance of Ford's Theatre. Across the street, a man was holding a lantern and calling "Bring him in here! Bring him in here!" The man was Henry Safford, a boarder at William Petersen's boarding house opposite Ford's who had been startled by the commotion across the street.[36] The men carried Lincoln into the boarding house and into the first-floor bedroom, where they laid him diagonally on the bed because his tall frame would not fit normally on the smaller bed.
A vigil began at the Petersen House. The three physicians were joined by Surgeon General of the United States Army Joseph K. Barnes, Charles Henry Crane, Anderson Ruffin Abbott, and Robert K. Stone. Crane was a major and Barnes' assistant. Stone was Lincoln's personal physician. Robert Lincoln, home at the White House that evening, arrived at the Petersen House after being told of the shooting at about midnight. Tad Lincoln, who had attended Grover's Theater to see Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, was not allowed to go to the Petersen House, although he was at Grover's Theater when the play was interrupted to report the news of the President's assassination.
Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles and United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton came and took charge of the scene. Mary Lincoln was so unhinged by the experience of the assassination that Stanton ordered her out of the room by shouting, "Take that woman out of here and do not let her in here again!" While Mary Lincoln sobbed in the front parlor, Stanton set up shop in the rear parlor, effectively running the United States government for several hours, sending and receiving telegrams, taking reports from witnesses, and issuing orders for the pursuit of Booth.
Lincoln died from the bullet wound to his brain at 7:22am on April 15, 1865.He was 56 years old. Mary Lincoln was not present at the time of his death and neither were his children[citation needed]. The crowd around the bed knelt for a prayer. When they were finished, Stanton made a statement, though there is some disagreement among historians as to what exactly the statement was. All agree that he began "Now he belongs to the ..." with some stating he finished with ages while others believe he finished with angels. Hermann Faber, an Army medical illustrator, was brought into the room immediately after Lincoln's body was removed so that Faber could visually document the scene.
Though some experts have disagreed,Dr. Leale's treatment of Lincoln has been considered good for its time. He was honored for his efforts to save the President by participating in various capacities during the funeral ceremonies.
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Abraham Lincoln Death Photos of Celebrities Famous people of mahatma gandi of famous celebrities of nicole brwon simpson of Divya Bharti of Diana Of kurt Cobain of chris farley of david Carradine
Abraham Lincoln Death Photos of Celebrities Famous people of mahatma gandi of famous celebrities of nicole brwon simpson of Divya Bharti of Diana Of kurt Cobain of chris farley of david Carradine
Abraham Lincoln Death Photos of Celebrities Famous people of mahatma gandi of famous celebrities of nicole brwon simpson of Divya Bharti of Diana Of kurt Cobain of chris farley of david Carradine
Abraham Lincoln Death Photos of Celebrities Famous people of mahatma gandi of famous celebrities of nicole brwon simpson of Divya Bharti of Diana Of kurt Cobain of chris farley of david Carradine
Abraham Lincoln Death Photos of Celebrities Famous people of mahatma gandi of famous celebrities of nicole brwon simpson of Divya Bharti of Diana Of kurt Cobain of chris farley of david Carradine
Abraham Lincoln Death Photos of Celebrities Famous people of mahatma gandi of famous celebrities of nicole brwon simpson of Divya Bharti of Diana Of kurt Cobain of chris farley of david Carradine
Abraham Lincoln Death Photos of Celebrities Famous people of mahatma gandi of famous celebrities of nicole brwon simpson of Divya Bharti of Diana Of kurt Cobain of chris farley of david Carradine
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