![]() But it had been published in the Bills that Himself and Gen l Grant would be present, and Gen l Grant having left the City in the evening train for Phil a, the President said that he did not “wish the people to be disappointed” and so went with his Lady arriving about ½ past 8. On this occasion he went rather reluctantly. Mr Lincoln had been in the habit of attending the Theatre occasionaly, perhaps once in four or six weeks, as a relaxation from the arduous duties of his position and constant mental exertion. Abraham Lincoln, the good and kind hearted, was Shot while sitting in his Box at Fords Theatre on the night of the 14 th In t at about half past ten O’clock. The surrender of Gen l Lee with his Army near Richmond, and the surrender of Gen l Johnson and his Army in North Carolina, and above all in importance which has occured in the World during this month, The President of the United States has been assassinated. The occupation of the Rebel Capitol by our troops. We have seen during this month the complete crushing out of the “ Great rebellion” by a series of masterly Military achievements. The most eventful in the History of our Country. Is it possible? I have just come from near the scene, it is too True. It has just been announced at my door that he was shot a half hour ago at Fords Theatre. Taft’s first diary entry, from January 1, 1861, is scheduled to be published on January 1, 2021. Taft’s civil war diary is one many diaries and journals whose entries, as well as news articles, letters, and other material, are scheduled for publication 160 years after they were originally written or published in my Civil War blog, American Civil War Chronicles. ![]() In one of them, Charles is at the head of the deathbed with his hands on Lincoln’s head. He appears in at least two less-than-accurate images representing the death of Lincoln (the room in the Peterson boardinghouse where Lincoln died was far too small for the crowd shown at his bedside). ![]() Lifted from the stage into the presidential box, Charles, with other surgeons, attended Lincoln until his death. ![]() Charles, an army surgeon, had been in the audience in Ford’s theater that April 1865 night. Much of Taft’s unique knowledge of the event came from his oldest son, Charles S. Horatio Nelson Taft’s remarkable entry recording of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln remained unseen by the public until after his diary was obtained by the Library of Congress in 2002. ![]()
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