in the hours after lincoln is shot the surgeon general, joseph barnes, responds to the president's side. this is at the peterson house directly across the street from the theater. he calls for a probe and mounted that in the back here on display. the idea with the probe is it would be threaded into the wound with the idea depending how far into the wound the probe would go might identify where the fragment or bullet was. they weren't able to do so. the bullet they found later ended up being lodged behind lincoln's right eye. but the probe is part of the exhibit we have here on display. the surgeon general barnes and army medical museum staff john woodward and another surgeon named edward curtis were at the president's bedside in the hours before he died, which was 7:22 the next morning, april 15, 1865. it was decided that a post mortem would be performed and the president's body was moved to the white house and the autopsy was performed in a room that is today one of the president's dining rooms in the second floor of the residence. it is during that autopsy that the bullet is recovered

in the hours after lincoln is shot, the surgeon general, joseph barnes, responds to the president's sidethis is at the peterson house directly across the street from the theater. he calls for a probe and mounted that in the back here on display. the idea with the probe is it would be threaded into the wound with the idea depending how far into the wound the probe would go might identify where the fragment or bullet was. they weren't able to do so. the bullet, they found later ended up being lodged behind lincoln's right eye. but the probe is part of the exhibit we have here on display. the surgeon general barnes and army medical museum staff john woodward and another surgeon named edward curtis were at the president's bedside in the hours before he died, which was 7:22 the next morning, april 15 1865. it was decided that a post mortem would be performed and the president's body was moved to the white house and the autopsy was performed in a room that is today one of the president's dining rooms in the second floor of the residence. it is during that autopsy that the bullet is recovered.

in the hours shortly after lincoln is shot, the surgeon general, joseph barnes, responds to the president's side. this is abby peterson house -- this is at the peterson house across from ford's theater. he calls for something called a nelaton probe to be threaded into the wound and identify where the fragment or bullet was. the bullet ended up being lodged behind lincoln's right eye. the nelaton probe is part of the exhibit we have on display. surgeon general barnes army medical staff and another surgeon were at the president's bedside in the hours before he died, about 7:@222 the next morning on the 15th of april, 1865. it was decided that a postmortem would be performed quickly. the president's body was removed to the white house and the autopsy was performed in a room that is today one of the president's dining rooms. during the autopsy, the bullet was recovered. the skull would have been removed, the top of the skull removed from lincoln's head. as the story is recounted, dr. curtis lifted the brain out of the skull and held it over a china bowl. the bullet fell into the china bowl and

barn. booth is buried in washington in 1965 -- 1865. the body was turned over to the family and was taken to baltimore and identified by joseph, his youngest brother. mrs. booth was there but would not go and look at his son -- her son's remains. the funeral home in baltimore was right across the street from the home in baltimore theaters. there were a number of factors who identified them to their satisfaction. henry clay ford -- harry clay ford, who managed the theater said that is booth, no doubt about it. his future bride asked him, how do you know that is him he said i know him better than i know you. one look told me that was john wilkes booth. a friend of booth said if that is really john, look at the boot. he and i went ice skating and there should be holes in it were skates were affixed. once you looked at the boots, you could see the holes where they screwded in ice skates to the boots at that time. when the weather improved in june of 1869, the family got together and buried him in greenmount cemetery. the grave is not marked but it was well-known to everybody. it was distinguished by a mount for a while. in the next year in 187

barn. booth is buried in washington in 1965 -- 1865. the body was turned over to the family and was taken to baltimore and identified by joseph, his youngest brother. mrs. booth was there but would not go and look at his son -- her son's remains. the funeral home in baltimore was right across the street from the home in baltimore theaters. there were a number of factors who identified them to their satisfaction. henry clay ford -- harry clay ford, who managed the theater said that is booth, no doubt about it. his future bride asked him, how do you know that is him he said i know him better than i know you. one look told me that was john wilkes booth. a friend of booth said if that is really john, look at the boot. he and i went ice skating and there should be holes in it were skates were affixed. once you looked at the boots, you could see the holes where they screwded in ice skates to the boots at that time. when the weather improved in june of 1869, the family got together and buried him in greenmount cemetery. the grave is not marked but it was well-known to everybody. it was distinguished by a mount for a while. in the next year in 187

barn in fredericksburg. booth is buried in washington in 1865. the body was turned over to the family and was taken to baltimore and identified by joseph, his youngest brother. mrs. booth was there but would not go and look at her son's remains. the funeral home in baltimore was right across the street from the home in baltimore theaters. there were a number of factors -- there were a number of actors who identified them to their satisfaction. henry clay ford -- harry clay ford, who managed the theater, said that is booth, no doubt about it. his future bride asked him, how do you know that is him? he said, i know him better than i know you. one look told me that was john wilkes booth. a friend of booth said if that is really john, look at the boot. he and i went ice skating and there should be holes in it were skates were affixed. sure enough, once you looked at the boots, you could see the holes where they screwed in ice skates to the boots at that time. this is february of 69. when the weather improved in june of 1869, the family got together and buried him in greenmount cemetery. the grave is not marked but it was well-known to everybody. it was

in the hours though, just shortly after lincoln is shot, the surgeon general, joseph barnes response to the president side. -- depending on how far into the wound the probe would go, might identify where the fragment or both was paid they were not able to do so. the bullet that found later end up -- ended up being lodged hide lincoln's right. but eventually made it into the museum and is part of the exhibit we have here on display. surgeon general barnes and army medical museum staff, john woodward, and another surgeon named edward curtis were at the president's bedside in the hours before he died, which was about 7:22 the next morning. the 15th of april, 1865. it was decided that that a postmortem would be performed very quickly. it was decided that a post mortem would be performed and the president's body was moved to the white house and the autopsy was performed in a room that is today one of the president's dining rooms in the second floor of the residence. it is during that autopsy that the bullet is recovered. the skull would have been removed. as the story is recounted by dr.

in the hours just shortly after lincoln was shot, the surgeon general, surgeon general joseph barnes responds to the president. this is that peterson's house, directly across the street from ford's theatre. he calls for something called a probe, and we have noted that on the back here in display. the idea with the pro--- probe is that it would be threaded into the wound, and depending on how far the probe would go, it might identify where the fragment of the bullet was. they were not able to do so. the bullet, they found later was large behind lincoln's eye. but the probe was retained and eventually made its way to the museum holdings, and is part of exhibit -- the exhibit we have on display. the surgeon general, and army medical staff john woodward, and another surgeon named edward curtis were at the president's bedside in the hours before he died, which was about 7:22 a.m. the next morning, the 15th of april, 1855. it was decided then that a postmortem would be performed very quickly. the president's body was removed to the white house, and the odds -- the autopsy was performed in