The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination: Uncovering New Evidence and Insights

This is Part One of a 5-part Podcast I did on Abraham Lincoln and the two week manhunt for John Wilkes Booth.
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[@REM1956]

I've heard, read, and seen numerous accounts of Lincoln's assassination. But there are several details of the happenings I've never heard before. Kudos to you for putting together a stellar video; well researched and presented. Thank you. Fantastic work.

[@Lukerdog]

AGREED! Well stated, Rem1956 🤩

[@REM1956]

@@Lukerdog That's very kind. I appreciate the comment.

[@robertschumann7737]

There is an old episode of "What's my line" from the early 50s out there. It has a really old man who was the last living person to be at Ford's theater when Lincoln was shot. He was a small child at the time but still remembered most of that night.

[@theresavazquez5471]

I saw that one

[@robertfolkner9253]

I saw that some time ago on KZbin. It may still be there.

[@cisio64123]

Actually the show was called " I've got a secret " and yes it is still here on KZbin.

[@KathrynDare-e3y]

I saw that episode. I believed that man and I still take his story earnestly. Children have excellent memories, like little claptraps in their heads. That man carried a very important piece of history in his head all his life. Wow! Just wow!

[@BrianStorey-j5n]

I was just thinking about that episode ..I think he was 4 years old ..he said. "I thought..I hope that man didn't hurt himself falling out of there"

[@ojc147]

Very powerful video. Thank you for this. I visited Ford's Theatre during a middle school trip to Washington DC and remember going to Peterson House across the street. We got to see the room where Lincoln died and the pillow with Lincoln's blood stains was on the bed covered in plexiglass. I'll never forget it.

[@bobwild9995]

I also visited the theatre and house on a scout trip......... in spring of 1969........many, many years ago 🥴.......still remember the sights.

[@sassytbc7923]

My husband took me to see that not long after we were married. It was very powerful!

[@johncunningham3064]

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[@pacer7682]

I learned more about Lincoln and his death in this video than I did in school. Fantastic video, well told, well spoke.

[@bobbimehr9403]

Truly the BEST presentation of what happened and the players on that fateful day that I've ever seen or heard. Loved it! I've been to Fords Theatre which made it all the more real. Thank YOU for what you do.

[@randymillhouse791]

Gerald Ford ordered the hit according to Trump and Q-Anon!

[@mollkatless]

@@JohnnyLovato36 Ok, boomer.

[@dmbalsam]

My great+ uncle was a wounded soldier on the union reserves at that time. He and a friend were at Ford’s Theater to see the play The American Cousin. About 10 minutes before Lincoln was assassinated they left to return to their barracks. They were quickly sent to guard Stewart. My uncle has a 3 day typed memory about his and his units duties between the assassination and “capture” of Booth ( Which is close to where I now live).

[@mssha1980]

Your family saved the letter or were they published?

[@dmbalsam]

I have a digital copy. My cousin, now deceased, sent it to me. I do not know what he has or where he found it.. The great uncle and my grandfather have the same name as does my mother’s brother.

[@garylbb]

Do you mean Edward Stanton, the Sec. of War....or William H. Seward who, already badly injured in a carriage accident, was attacked and stabbed in the face by one of Booth's conspirators, Lewis Powell?

[@GailBrenner-vt9ou]

Lo​@@dmbalsam

[@kevinschindele4829]

And it read. I'm sooooo fucking hungry and scared. All this shit for nothing. Haven't had any pussie since before this bullshit war started..never even met Lincoln but now I'm out in the woods with ticks on my dick for him? I'm about to switch sides fuckkkkk thissss. My slave pretty much raised me I don't wanna let them free just yet!!!

[@MGrant-bj1dc]

Stanton insisted on Parker guarding Lincoln that night. He told Lincoln that his usual guard was out of town; he wasn't. He claimed Stanton ordered him to stay home. Booth visited Vice President Johnson shortly before the assassination. Even leaving a note for him. Combine all this with the fact that Stanton removed pages from Booths diary that have never turned up. Stanton was vehemently against Lincoln's policy of "letting the south up easy." Lincoln's death, and the hard feelings it caused led to the brutal occupation of the south known as reconstruction. Doesn't prove Stanton was involved, but it's interesting circumstantial evidence.

[@pugachevskobra5636]

It doesn't prove Stanton was involved because he wasn't lool. Booth and his co-conspirators are well known. If we're going by strange occurrences before and after the death of Lincoln we can move just about anybody to the conspirator category, including Mary Todd, Grant, Henry Rathbone and Mary Surratt, who was most likely completely innocent of the collaborator charges but was executed anyway.

[@Nunzio1911]

I've always felt Lincoln's administration had him assinated. Lincoln's administration didn't go to Ford's theatre and Lincoln was left unprotected. And like stated above, Lincoln wanted to reunite the country, while Stanton and the administration favored treating the South as a conquered nation. They wanted the "rape, pillage, and plunder" which occured under the reconstruction period. Booth was killed before he could talk, and Johnston was impeached for following Lincolns policy of uniting the states.

[@chipcook6646]

Yes he was as many (over a hundred) were involved. It wasn’t just Booth. The people in the government killed him. Same as JFK. Both Presidents wanted peace. The establishment does not.

[@konekillerking]

Don’t forget, Johnson was a Democrat. Somethings never seem to change.

[@Nunzio1911]

@@konekillerking Something things do change. The 19th century Democrats were the conservatives. The new radical Republican party were the leftists. They were the ones expanding the power and authority of the Federal government. In the 20th century they switched roles.

[@Bill-jc1fy]

I've read two or three books about the assassination and have seen a few documentaries as well. I think a very ironic piece was that Lincoln's son Robert was riding on a train and somehow slipped, either going from one car to another or jumping on and slipped, I don't remember the exact details .A hand grabbed him just in time to save him and it was Edwin Booth who at the time had no idea who he was. Later Robert told his father what had happened and Lincoln wrote Booth a letter thanking him.

[@blondesmommy]

What an amazing story. Thanks for sharing it.

[@nschlaak]

​@@blondesmommyIn response to your, "What an amazing story... " I was going to say the same thing. What an amazing piece of historical knowledge.

[@samlathrop9630]

I think the 2 were in love with the same woman

[@richparsons4205]

Who is Edwin Booth?

[@Bill-jc1fy]

@@richparsons4205 John Wilks Booth's brother who at that time was the leading actor in America

[@RussellMcCollom]

In this video are things I have never heard from that night. Very well put together and informative. Enjoyed watching and learning some things I didn't know.

[@curtgomes]

Very good presentation of the assassination of President Lincoln. Thank you. In 1981 I and my new wife had traveled to Reston Va. to stay with my brother and visit the capital. We actually visited the Ford theater and were given a special tour. We traversed the very steps that John Wilkes Booth used to get to the President's box. We were allowed to step through the door into the President's box. It was surreal. I don't know what they have there today, but at that time there was a large half round thick clear plastic barrier secured to the door frame. This keep the viewer from completely entering the President's box. It was an eerie feeling knowing that I was standing in the very spot that John Wilkes Booth stood when he killed Abraham Lincoln. Interestingly, most of the Booth family was actually pro Union. Many may not know that Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth's brother, actually saved James Todd Lincoln's life on one occasion. From a news story dated April 1865: "An incident-a trifle in itself-may be recalled at this moment when the profound monotony of grief overwhelms us. Not a month since, Mr. Edwin Booth was proceeding to Washington. At Trenton there was a general scramble to reach the cars, which had started leaving many behind in the refreshment saloon. Mr. Edwin Booth was preceded by a gentleman whose foot slipped as he was stepping on the platform, and who would have fallen at once beneath the wheels had not Mr. Edwin Booth's arm sustained him. The gentleman remarked that he had had a narrow escape of his life, and was thankful to his preserver. It was Robert Lincoln, the son of that great, good man who now lies dead before our blistered eyes, and whose name we cannot mention without choking." Truth is stranger than fiction............

[@CodyJarvis-jy4it]

Are you kidding me you’re Calling the guy who invaded his own country a good president. No he had blood on his hands and he got what he deserved. Jefferson Davis was a good president.

[@mckinpo]

Who is James Todd Lincoln?

[@curtgomes]

@@mckinpoA question only an uninformed America would ask...

[@robkunkel8833]

… and a rude person would fail to answer.

[@historyman4629]

​@curtgomes NO, you are NOT correct because there WAS NO "James Todd Lincoln" and you just don't want to admit that you made a mistake! That's why you refused to answer the previous poster when he asked "Who is James Todd Lincoln?"

[@ianmiller6635]

This is awesome work. Love this channel and these are my favorite videos. Our family has a tradition every Christmas of going to see A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre and it’s a fantastic and humbling place to be. So many details of this story I didn’t know. Keep up the great work man!

[@historyfeels3123]

Very cool tradition!

[@donaldschmidt2990]

This documentary is outstanding in its detail. Including the fact that Lincoln nearly changed this infamous day by not showing!! Lincoln's arrival allowed Booth's insane plot to become a reality. There is also a very distinct possibility that had Grant been at the Theatre that night, he might have intercepted Booth. How tragically ironic that Mary Lincoln's acid tongue might have sealed her husband's fate. Grants wife's refusing to show. assisted in the tragic chain of events. Mary Todd Lincoln was clearly one of the great Divas in recorded history. You are to be commended for bearing a harsh light on that tragic day.

[@mssha1980]

Damn, how is it Mary’s fault?

[@cwcamper9091]

Grants wife and mary did not get along. ​@mssha1980

[@sherriianiro747]

Back in the day when we visited Fords Theatre and got the tour with the Peterson House, I couldn't believe how tiny the bed was! His legs had to have hung over the edge! There was clear plastic over the blood - stained pillow and the room was really small too. There is no way the pictures that depict a crowd in that room would be possible.

[@haroldbridges515]

Lincoln was laid diagonally on the bed, not as depicted in the engraving.

[@macfilms9904]

This was seriously moving at the end. Great job.

[@deancooke4664]

Very well done. Enjoyed this enormously while learning a lot. The detail is amazing.

[@bradparker9664]

As a serious student of both the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations, I must say this is exceedingly well done. Keep up the outstanding work.

[@kathrynjordan8782]

A very interesting presentation on what happened and the players on that fateful day that I never heard. I never heard of the "body guard" of Lincoln on that fateful night. So much interesting evidence of what we didn't know about that fateful night. Thank you for such a wonderful presentation of that fateful night. It was like being taken back in time to when that happened.

[@chaelodoul9401]

Your narration captivated me. I was enthralled. I had to watch the entire video again. Simply amazing.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Sometime in the 1970s, Johnny Carson made a witty remark about Lincoln's assassination during his monologue. The studio audience gasped. Carson looked around and said, "What, too soon?"

[@adrianpoesiat]

Shows how profound an impact he had on the American zeitgeist.

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

What did Carson know? 🤔

[@billrowan1957]

Who's Johnny Carson?

[@alexhennigh5242]

​@billrowan1957 The unequivocal GOAT of late night talk show hosts to put it lightly lol.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

@@billrowan1957 He had "The Tonight Show" on NBC from 1962 to 1992. It started out at 90 minutes in New York to Los Angeles where it was later cut to an hour. Carson Productions also produced "Late Night with David Letterman" beginning in 1982.

[@jeff6899]

I came here on a google recommendation & have watched several accounts of Lincoln. I have even finishted this yet, as it is quite late. But halfway thru this video account, I am quite impressed. It appears to be well researched, organized & movingly presented. Can't wait to finish it. I will definitely be exploring other video posts by this channel.

[@danaberg6354]

I saw something on older documentary uploaded on youtube that talked about Julia Grant not liking Mary Lincoln. It was a 3- or 4-episode miniseries on Abe Lincoln. Julia was quoted as saying she never wanted to ever be in the first lady's presence after that.

[@petermendoza1170]

Thank you for this informative scenario of this terrible tragedy of American history. Many new facts I've never heard before and puts the listener into that night and closer to the President.

[@TheCleric42]

You did a remarkably good job with this video. I learned several new sides of this story. Looking forward to the follow-up videos on the other conspirators and Booth’s escape.

[@lithuaniangiant2676]

I never thought about Lincoln laughing the moment before his assassination.

[@Msflamingo-wl4qo]

This always brings tears to my eyes. I love Pres. Lincoln and try to learn as much as I can about his life. My Great-Great Grandfather was a Union Soldier, directly reporting to Ulysses S. Grant. He was Artillery and kept the official daily records of the war. God bless🙏❣️ Thank you for sharing.❤️

[@joshgoldman8885]

My great x3 grandfather fought for confederacy. He lost his arm and live 30 more yrs. Really bad time for america.. it's our wonderful history though..

[@Autshot20]

Really great presentation. Interesting points shared that are not often shared in documentaries about the assassination. Thanks for posting

[@karenknicely1788]

Tell me that this is not ironic: my mother-in-law is related to Mary Todd Lincoln, and her brother in law was related to John Wilkes Booth!

[@michaelrustbrown]

I grew up in what was left of the home Laura Keene lived in with her family in Hillsdale, NJ. unbeknownst to my family, I came to learn about this on my own after experiencing some strange things on the property. I won't go into detail here about what lead me to uncover this information about the Keene residency but there are many strange things that I've come to understand, have been experienced by the her family after she left the theatre covered in Lincoln's blood that night. These are not deep internet conspiracies, this is a very real personal experience that has single-handedly, changed my perception of reality.

[@billolsen4360]

Sounds lame.

[@SandraAbate]

This was fantastic! Excellent! Thank you for sharing. Great narration voice

[@andrewrakisits9270]

I just found you channel dude ! Love this channel great narration work sir , I think you have a talent for it , I love history and you got another subscriber out of me keep up the great work . Could you do all the presidential deaths in office and assassinations like in a series ?

[@historyfeels3123]

We will definitely get to it! Thanks for the comment my friend

[@pepp4560]

Abe Lincoln's mother was Nancy Hanks. Her mother was Lucy Shipley. And Lucy Shipley's mother was Rachel Prewett, aka Pruett. I knew the Pruett Family in Pleasanton, CA. Ironically, one of their closest family friends was neighbor Steve Booth, himself a blood relative-and the handsome spitting image-of John Wilkes Booth!

[@fokkerd3red618]

That is something. It's amazing how genetics can carry over into certain generations.

[@Cyclone74]

My brother's granddaughter looked like my Uncle Earnest when they both were about the same age.

[@shable1436]

There's a man who was the last living witness to this event, he was on a gameshow in his 100s, he was a boy in Ford's theater when it all happened

[@elyselightbourne881]

A game show in the 100s shit he was old

[@carollund8251]

Yes he was on "I've got a secret". He was very young I think about 5 and didn't really remember many details.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

I have seen that clip on KZbin. I think it was called, "I've Got a Secret" and it aired in the 1950s.

[@bishopp14]

Yeah, I saw that! Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet.

[@TimRobinson-kd3zn]

There is one sidebar story I didn't know about till a few years ago about Rathbone and Harris. Seems Rathbone could never get over what happened that night and would replay it in his mind over and over. He and Harris were married and had children (3 I think) Till one day he went and stabbed his wife and killed her. He would spend the rest of his life in an asylum

[@anthonytroisi6682]

Everything about that night was tragic.

[@chrishernandez4266]

I've heard that story also. It's a shame that they didn't have mental health resources back then bc he surely must have been suffering for years & years from PTSD from the assassination of President Lincoln as a result of the tragedy.

[@ILLUSI_O_N-V1]

Crazy how if Grant would of been there instead, he may have saved the President and that Rathbone situation would of never happened and Harris would of lived a longer life. The butterfly effect is really fascinating

[@rickeuler5792]

Many historians today believe Booth did not break his leg jumping to the stage but rather when his horse fell on it when he was making his escape ride, As evidence, they point out that eyewitnesses describe him running (not limping) across the stage, that he used that leg to mount the horse he escaped on, and that the horse itself was discovered to have injuries on the left side (indicating a fall). They conjecture that Booth's diary entry describing the leg breaking as he jumped from the box (made just before his capture and death) may have been his way of making the act seem heroic. On a tour several years ago, my brother asked noted historian Ed Bearrs if he believed Booth broke his leg jumping to the stage. Bearrs succinctly replied, "Naahhh."

[@retriever19golden55]

I would trust the late and sorely missed Ed Bearrs.

[@Mr_EastLansing]

Adrenaline is a powerful emotion. It’s possible to break your leg even a fracture and still run perfectly fine. I played a basketball game on a broken tibia and fractured Fibia. Didn’t realize it was broken until I got home laid down for a while and tried to get back up.

[@rickeuler5792]

@@Mr_EastLansing True, but adrenaline didn't injure the horse. Booth is the only source to reference a broken leg in the theatre. I side with Ed Bearrs.

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

​@rickeuler5792 So, you trust Ed who wasn't there over Booth who was there. 🤔

[@rickeuler5792]

@@nickroberts-xf7oq Why would I trust a self-seeking glory hound's account when it doesn't match the accounts of numerous other eyewitnesses who were" there"? Besides, when Booth visited Dr. Mudd, he told the doctor he had injured himself when his horse had fallen. Only days later in his diary did he claim he had broken it while jumping to the stage. Yep, I believe Ed.

[@BrianStorey-j5n]

I went to Fords Theater in the Early 70s i was about13 years old.. started my fascination with that all. Walking the same path both Lincoln and Booth did to the Box.....stepped partially into the box where booth did the deed.. Then across the street up the same stairs.. to the room and bed President Lincoln died in...just..never will forget it like it was yesterday

[@klutzycutie]

My professor said the movie shown the black and white version which was filmed closer to that time. Had all the members of the actual audience from that night. They were able to tell the actors where they saw booth and Lincoln and such as they made the movie.

[@fokkerd3red618]

That must have been right at the turn of the century, because many of those people would have been in there 60's and 70's

[@NikkiFCO]

I didn’t know about the young doctor or Peterson house. I love this style of video

[@retriever19golden55]

I think, had Grant been there, his finely tuned sense for danger may have made a difference. I believe he would have turned instantly when anyone entered the box, and though Booth's pause to lock the door was extremely brief, Grant had been through four years of war and his reflexes were great.

[@mrsx7944]

You may be right. His "guards" that night were extremely lax.

[@AFACF]

You realize Grant was a drunk right?

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

@@AFACF That's only half true. Grant was only known to drink when away from his family and bored, never while in battle or when his mind was otherwise engaged. The occasions when he was known to take to the bottle were such as during the siege at Petersburg, which went on for quite some time, with lots of time with little happening. In fact, Grant was such a focused man that, as Shelby Foote cited from the writings of soldiers who knew him directly, he would stay in the semi-crouched position he had been in while sitting if he had to leave his chair for a moment to pick up a document when he was in the process of writing another document.

[@Antmann71]

Would Grant have been armed do you think?

[@Spooky1862]

It’s hard to say. Grant’s finely tuned sense for danger didn’t prevent him from throwing the Army of the Potomac at Lee’s formidable defenses at Cold Harbor without even scouting them out beforehand. Lee’s veterans gave him a thorough drubbing there.

[@gianniserena9814]

One of the best documentaries on the assasanation of abraham lincoln. Well done!

[@historyfeels3123]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@marknewton6984]

Anything to get away from his wife.

[@WonderfulEagle-mm1vj]

The fact that Robert was present at so many assignations is incredible.

[@billolsen4360]

Careful with your phraseology. There's a big difference between "assassinations" and "assignations," look it up. Everybody is losing the command of the English language, so you're not alone.

[@viktorwolfe8333]

This video is very well done! Could've been on a streaming channel.

[@Marc816]

At the 100th anniversary of the assassination, I recall reading that with the medical technology of then, Lincoln's life could have been saved. In 1865, the doctors did more harm than good.

[@Mykelaugustinereed1963]

This was the best dramatization of the shooting I have ever seen!! Excellent

[@kevinhealey6540]

I saw Ford's theater. I found out when I got there that the outside walls of the building is the only thing that was left over from the original building. Back about a 100 years ago, repairs were being done on the building and a supporting beam was pulled out which later resulted in the whole inside caving in completely. 20 people were killed. Later on a recreation of the building was completely built. They did it by looking at pictures of the original. Same goes for the White House. The inside of the White House was completely gutted because the floors and the walls were falling apart and it was dangerous to live in there. It was rebuilt in the late 40s.

[@kevinhealey6540]

However the house that is across the street where they brought him in is the same as the way it was then.

[@billyd.1872]

That's a lot of tragedy on that property. The theater was probably built on an ancient native American cemetery.

[@TonyRomearound]

When I went to Ford's theater I found out the same thing also. The only thing original is the front and back wall. I felt so let down

[@deeaplw]

Damn! 20 people? That should be a bigger story

[@loveanarchy8488]

I learned more from your video about this than what they taught me in high school.

[@Perrosiutico]

Very well done. First, a couple of minor corrections and clarifications. Taltavult's Star Saloon was next door to Ford's Theatre, not across the street. It was not Harry Hawks that Booth slashed at, but William Withers, the orchestra conductor who was backstage on break and between Booth and the back exit. Booth was never invited to the White House, but Lincoln was a fan and had seen Booth perform more than once. During a performance of a play at Ford's called "The Marble Heart" Lincoln sent an invitation to Booth to visit the Lincoln's in their box (the same box where he was later assassinated) but Booth refused it contemptuously. The Lincoln's were regular theater goers, even during the war, and had already seen "Our American Cousin" at least once before. I must admit that I have frequently felt skeptical of the story of Laura Keene making it up to the box and cradling Lincoln's head. Ultimately, it depends on which eye-witnesses you believe whether this really happened or is a myth. It remains a vivid image. Early 20th Century movie recreations were well used , although, admittedly, inaccurate in certain details. I recommend Thomas Bogar's "Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination." Unique among books about the Lincoln assassination, it tells the story from the view-point of the actors and theater personnel. It is a well-written and well researched and also draws a vivid picture of mid-nineteenth century theatrical practices.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Apparently, whether true or not, the story about Laura Keene cradling the wounded Lincoln’s head in her lap was widely believed. She was widely condemned for this as actresses were not considered respectable-her reputation suffered and she struggled to make a living

[@sherriianiro747]

I saw a documentary that showed Laura Keene's dress in a private collection. This guy also has one of Lincolns' top hats with a bullet hole in it when he was shot on horseback.

[@pepp4560]

@@sherriianiro747, when Lincoln was shot at-and very nearly killed-by a Confederate sniper at the Battle of the Monocacy.

[@sherriianiro747]

@@pepp4560 He had five assassination attempts. I am talking about the time he was riding alone (which he often did) and his hat was hit with a slug. He shrugged it off as it being a hunter by mistake and often joked about the incident.

[@pepp4560]

@@sherriianiro747, I see. Right. The incident near Soldier's Home. Lincoln downplayed it but rode with an escort of soldiers from then on.

[@WVgrl59]

I always thought it was wild that Edwin Booth saved Robert Lincoln when he was pushed onto train tracks, yet his brother, John, murdered Robert's father.

[@Astyanaz]

I like the way they said he awoke on his last morning "alive". It would have been strange if he awoke dead.

[@princek3467]

Great work bro. Please keep them coming

[@historyfeels3123]

Thank you man, will do 🙏

[@normanpearson8753]

Some say Booth had stayed in that very room not long before .

[@dennisjames9422]

Excellent Video!

[@rickgregory9616]

The story of Laura Keen holding the presidents head in her lap is true. The Theater Museum has Laura's blood-stained dress, and when I was there, the tour repeated the story. The dress was recently sold at auction for around $120k as reported by the NY Post in April 2022. Infact, accompanying the fabric in the sale is a note from Keene, whose friend asked for the item. It reads: “I accede to your request. Very truly yours / Laura Keene / New York / May 20th, 1865.” The weave and design match a bloody dress swatch that is at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

[@luannpafford3554]

She would often don a blood-stained dress to show company. Recent DNA testing confirmed that the blood on this dress WAS NOT Lincoln's!

[@jeffremoma8664]

Good program. Very detailed. Please check your spelling of McKinley.

[@imanutnur7]

I don't believe that pistol shown was invented when Lincoln was assassinated.

[@PrinceofDrill]

Yeah. I was like, why does John Wilkes Booth/Adolf Hitler have a semiautomatic pistol?

[@Joe45-91]

It's time travel maaaaaaan 😳😳😳

[@PrinceofDrill]

@@Joe45-91 time travel, duuuuuude.

[@lisaharrod8386]

@iman... Its called research... You don't THINK pistols existed when Lincoln was assassinated is not thinking in any form. Does the American Civil War ring a bell? 620,000 deaths were not caused by the combatants throwing rocks at each other. The first pistol was invented in the Sixteenth Century. In 1836 Samuel Colt invented the first revolver. Cheers!

[@RickPMandel]

I thought you were going to say the joke was; "other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

[@simonholyoak8869]

Robin Williams made a joke about it once, “How are you enjoying the play Mr President, DUCK!!!!

[@Spooky1862]

Abe should have seen it coming, since the play program that night read “End of Act II; Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.”

[@jimcoop5663]

Thank You! I just found this channel. It is a relief to have a history channel that isn't a computer voice with AI nonsense. I've been to Ford's Theater...your research is fantastic. Great Job.

[@albertwells8503]

Although virtually all history books state that Stanton’s words were “Now he belongs to the ages”, he most likely said “Now he belongs to the angles”.

[@DK-gy7ll]

I'm sure he said "Now he belongs to the angels". It would've made more sense. Once the press picked it up naturally it was changed to something more inspiring.

[@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh]

Angels

[@brendaehly5475]

Nicely done. I believe Schuyler is pronounced “Skyler”, but that was the only flaw that caught my attention. Very informative and compelling.

[@historyman4629]

You are correct on the pronunciation of Mr. Colfax's name. The narrator really butchered his name.

[@brendaehly5475]

@@historyman4629 Well, it’s hardly a common name, these days. Butchered would be if he’d pronounced it “Bob”.

[@fangirlable]

According to the book, “Break A Leg: A Treasury Of Theatre Traditions and Superstitions” by Lisa Bensavage and L.E. McCullough (for those of you who may want to read it. It’s a really good book). That book says that Lincoln was reading William Shakespeare’s “MacBeth” the day before his assignation. MacBeth is known for being bad luck, because the witch’s spell in the story is a real bad luck spell (not made up), so I think that has something to do with Lincoln’s assassination., like he brought upon himself, without him knowing it. Let me know what you think.

[@sleepytigereyes]

Beautiful story. Really enjoyed this. Lincoln was a great president.

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

I wrote a play about Major (later Colonel) Rathbone and his wife Clara, secretly meeting with then Secretary of War Robert Lincoln and his wife (confusingly also named Mary). I am very proud of it, but in many ways it is a tragedy. Rathbone was clearly suffering from a deep and horrible case of PTSD. Booth slashed at Rathbone with dagger, cutting him from the elbow to the armpit down to the bone, so the man never completely regained the full use of his left arm. But he grabbed Booth's foot, causing the actor to land awkwardly. Very sadly, I think Rathbone spent the rest of his life seeing himself as "The Man Who Failed To Save Abraham Lincoln." He eventually had a psychotic break in 1883. My play is called "HERE, IN THE PARLOR OF PSALMS"

[@erichoffman2908]

Great presentation. The only coreection i have is that the Star saloon was next door to Ford's theater, not across the street.

[@bradleysetting4551]

This is the first time I discovered your channel. I closed my eyes to imagine and I felt like I was on ride at Disney World. The Hall of Presidents could you use an updated voice. Compelling Retelling with a Convincing Soothing Voice. Thank You.

[@joecascone2189]

A fascinating and well-prepared video documentary!

[@alexlemelin3217]

great video you're underrated

[@90hatter90]

I really enjoyed this one. It went into more depth than I have ever seen on other documentaries of the assassination of Lincoln. More depth inside the booth(no pun intended) of where Lincoln was shot and the events within.

[@Forbsey99]

Always gets me when they say "he pulled up outside on his horse".

[@thatguyjoe007]

I highly doubt that the president's wife would happily move aside to allow some actress to hold her dying husband's head in her lap. That never happened.

[@Perrosiutico]

I find it unlikely for several reasons, but it basically comes down to which eye-witness accounts you believe. The immediate accounts don't mention Laura Keene in the box. Even the account of Dr. Leale that acknowledges her was made 30-40 years after the event. It certainly makes a vivid Pietá image. If there are blood stains on scraps of her dress I'm inclined to believe they came from Rathbone who was bleeding profusely and not from Lincoln who hardly bled at all.

[@steveshapiro326]

Thanks - didn't know about that lousy bodyguard named Parker.

[@douglascrabtree8889]

a very emotional retelling. very good work

[@MattSmith-y2z]

specifically from the moment Booth jumps on the stage

[@aaroncoleman3053]

I thought he was gonna tell the old joke, "Besides that Mrs. Lincoln, did you like the play?"

[@Imtahotep]

Booth around noon, getting his mail at Ford's believed the Grants would be there too. Julia despised Mary Todd, deciding *late afternoon* to visit a sick relative instead. *When/how* did booth decide to bring only one single Derringer then? And one of the Grey Ghost's Rangers would fail his mission, bringing a defective/sabotaged Whitney revolver? Yeah right . . .

[@David-vx4mx]

Still really fascinated by this. A lot of interesting people back then,although it was very sad that Booth allowed his animosity to consume him.I don't think I would have liked to have met Booth,or even the other conspirators. In the end,I personally thought Booth's hate destroyed him and other lives too,as well as ruining other people's lives.

[@McIntyreBible]

3:50, Can anyone tell me what the title of this B/W movie of the assassination of Lincoln is?

[@TheBatugan77]

Yes.

[@VValkyrie]

The Birth of a Nation. Very controversial film.

[@McIntyreBible]

@@VValkyrie Thanks for that.

[@MattSmith-y2z]

anyone know the name of the music playing in the background for the latter part of the video?

[@jimthetrucker]

Back in the olden days when I was a child, I snuck under the velvet ropes and sat in the chair the Lincoln was killed in, this was in Dearborne Mi. where many artifacts of great importance were kept. I did get in trouble by my parents of course but I wanted to sit in it to get the feeling. I did this a lot with other historical areas, buildings rooms etc. where history had played out. Not to do damage but to "feel" the vibes these places held. Seeing the chair and the blood stains really solidified the death of a president.

[@arohacecil5235]

Thank you

[@joanwiebe3654]

Excellent video! Thank you ❤

[@johnedwards3621]

John Surratt, a confederate intelligence officer planned Lincoln's assassination, then fled to Canada and to Italy where he served in the Vatican Guard (Zouave). Eventually, he went to Egypt and escaped from a cell by falling into a pile of excrement that softened his fall. He soon returned to Maryland where he was tried in a civil (not military) court that set him free on a technicality. He lived a comfortable life with his family of five children. He was the only conspirator to escape execution. Just as Massachusetts operates as a protestant state, Maryland did so as Roman Catholic one. [Virginia was an Anglican one. Pennsylvania was a Quaker state, ] That's how we saw the separation of Church & State, A house that is divided cannot survive. Unity is essential.

[@party4keeps28]

I visited Ford Theater and was surprised at how small it is.

[@Seth-b6i]

In much younger days, I had a summer job as a Pinkerton security guard. At the orientation lecture, the speaker proudly announced, "Pinkerton men were assigned to protect President Lincoln." I couldn't resist saying, "But President Lincoln got shot!" Give ya three guesses who drew all the shit jobs that summer.

[@Airsign83]

A lil old man said he was 5 years old at the time said he was at the play and he remember Booth falling on the stage. He was on an old talk show back in the days and he died a day or so after his appearance on the show. It’s quite interesting

[@johnnydeano2288]

It’s on KZbin. Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've Got a Secret game show. Mr. Seymour (March 28, 1860 - April 12, 1956)

[@belmarmom]

He was on What's My Line.

[@thewitt55]

Well written and narrated!

[@litodat233]

It’s like how he didn’t have security in the booth and outside of the booth is insane to me

[@katiesioux7757]

Ive had a crush on or weird fascination of Booth since i was a kid... I can't explain it, i feel for him and kinda thought that it wasn't Booth that was killed but someone else and it was covered up.

[@Rickets1911]

I love the thumbnail pic showing that Boothe was using modern two-hand pistol technique to fire at Lincoln

[@causeandefect8252]

Very good. The Star Saloon is next door, other than that I enjoyed your very detailed account. I admire that you kept everything in perspective of the time. Thank you.

[@bryandungee1029]

New evidence after nearly 200 years is CRAZY

[@Chiaz24]

Great video thanks !

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

Video was well done thanks for posting. I do believe the story of Laura Keene going into the box to put Lincoln's head in her lap. I believe she kept the dress as a keepsake so she could tell people later she held Lincoln in her lap while he was dying. Also the story of Rathbone and Harris should be told too. It was said later Rathbone would never get over not doing more to save Lincoln in fact nobody really paid attention to him after the shooting. Mary Todd saw blood on her dress and freaked out thinking it was Lincoln's it was Rathbone's. Years later Rathbone and Harris are married have 3 kids but Rathbone is tormented by that night so much so he will go insane and kill his wife and be put away till he dies in 1911

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

Am sorry I have put this comment in before still a very moving video

[@marthaemery8402]

I’ve often wondered if Lincoln felt Booth behind him, something we’ll never know.

[@TR-mm1qg]

Good documentary.

[@JamesBailey-q2m]

thank you so much for sharing your interesting stories

[@timmcdowell4092]

There is nothing in this "story" that is a revelation. Pretty straight forward

[@tonycone7848]

I didn't think they had those type of pew pew back then it looks like a semi-automatic.

[@lindacowles756]

3:57 "tragic Good Friday in 1865" It need not to have happened if theatre and other public entertainment were cancelled during Lent, as was the former custom, although I'm not sure that was true of the U.S.A.

[@gearheadgregwi]

Sad. The first thing I thought of seeing the thumb was Police Squad.

[@keithsifford5326]

Excellent narrative.

[@davedruid7427]

Parker's Wikipedia Listing says that there is no known Images of him. So where did you get the Image that you show at 15 minutes of your KZbin Presentation?