Lincoln's Last Hours

“I grasped Mrs. Lincoln's outstretched hand in mine while she cried piteously to me, “Oh, Doctor! Is he dead? Can he recover? Will you take charge of him? Do what you can for him. Oh, my poor husband!”

A young Union Army Doctor, attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865, is a witness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. He is the first doctor to reach the President's side in an attempt to save his life.

Dr. Charles Augustus Leale details every mo...