Lincoln’s First Responder- Dr. Charles Augustus Leale
by E. Lawrence AbelApril 14, 1865, was a pleasant day in Washington, a welcome change from the rainy weather that had turned Washington’s streets into mud. The dogwood trees were in full bloom, their pleasant scent wafted through the air. The sky was clear throughout most of the day, turning partly cloudy in the evening. By 8:30 p.m. […]
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An Interview with E. Lawrence Abel on Lincoln’s Assassination
by E. Lawrence Abel, Sara GabbardAn Interview with E. Lawrence Abel on Lincoln’s Assassination by Sara Gabbard An Interview with E. Lawrence Abel on Lincoln’s Assassination Sara Gabbard: Your book, A Finger in Lincoln’s Brain, presented a detailed analysis of the medical measures which were used after John Wilkes Booth shot the 16th President. Today those measures seem almost primitive […]
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