- Joined
- Oct 10, 2012
- Location
- Mt. Jackson, Va
“ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED THIS MORNING at 22 minutes after seven,” reads the telegram from April 15, 1865, that announced the U.S. president’s death to the outside world. After being held by the family of a Union general for generations, the original text of the telegram is now being offered for sale by the historic memorabilia specialists at the Raab Collection.
Lincoln lived out his final moments in a crowded boardinghouse room across the street from Ford’s Theater, where he had been shot in the head the night before. Accompanying him was Dr. Charles Leale, continued: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articl...ZHQVUPQWxKkBCCLVgBFcrBSBVy6KWrvtq4qV9f26EtpyA
Lincoln lived out his final moments in a crowded boardinghouse room across the street from Ford’s Theater, where he had been shot in the head the night before. Accompanying him was Dr. Charles Leale, continued: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articl...ZHQVUPQWxKkBCCLVgBFcrBSBVy6KWrvtq4qV9f26EtpyA