Abraham Lincoln Coffin Photo: The Shocking Story
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- In all the years since Abraham Lincoln's death in 1865, just one photo of Lincoln after his death (in his casket) has emerged. Despite millions of people witnessing Lincoln in his coffin, Mary Lincoln had given specific instructions that no photographs were to be taken. However, a photo was taken in New York City, and it wasn't discovered until 1951! This is the story of the Lincoln coffin picture.
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Love this! I shared this post with my father, Ronald Rietveld, and he absolutely loved it!!! He loved your details leading up to his discovery
Thank you so much! Your father is a treasure. I'm glad I could do him justice here.
About 1980, I was having a conversation with my history professor about Lincoln. I started carrying on at some point about the only known photo of Lincoln in his casket, and how it was found in the Nicolay papers, and that it was located by a teenage boy who just happened upon it by accident. After I finally finished, he smiled at me and said, "I know. I was that teenage boy."
Yes indeed, it was none other than Professor Rietveld, who was my teacher for "Jeffersonian Themes In Democracy" at Cal State Fullerton. And yes...I was embarrassed when I realized my oversight. But I still love telling this story to anyone interested in Lincoln and the Civil War to this day.
I never had Ron as a professor, but knew of his unique place in history. Did you ever have Harry Jeffrey?
@@Mrgop I never did. The class I had with Professor Rietveld was "Jeffersonian Themes In Democracy" at Cal State Fullerton from 1979-1980.
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The fact that he and Mary were happily talking about the rest of his second term on their outing the morning of his death just breaks me. After all they had gone through, all Mary had lost…to lose him the way she did….I can’t even begin to imagine. No wonder she was a shell of herself the rest of her life.
A lunatic like Mary probably aged him 20 years.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
She wasn't right beforehand.
@@brianwilson6403 yeah, I’m sure. She’d already lost children. I’m sure she was a bit broken.
@brianwilson6403 According to General Grant's wife,...Mary Lincoln was a bit,much,of a b8h
I had the privilege of taking Ronald Rietveld's university class on American History many years ago when I was an undergraduate. He mentioned at the time that he had discovered this photo. He was a great professor who brought American history to life and particularly the Civil War period.
Several years ago my wife and I were in Springfield, IL. for a political event, and we visited The Lincoln Tomb. It was awesome and a bit eerie at the same time. The entire family was entombed in what was, in essence, a private , small mausoleum. Lincoln’s coffin is inside a rather ornate marble vault. The rest of the family were in the walls. I’m fairly sure all four of the children are there as well. A fascinating visit if you’re ever in Springfield!
Robert Lincoln is buried in Arlington National Cemetery under a huge monument like his father. President Lincoln is ten feet down within a cage covered by concrete to deter body stealers. Everyone needs to go to Springdale for the museum and tomb. Go to the Lincoln house, too. Just fascinating.
@@dashriprock4308 Thanks for the info!👍
The Lincoln presidential museum is definitely worth the stop also. There is a room at the end of the exhibit that is guaranteed to give you pause.
Abraham's body was stolen multiple times. (Why anyone would take a dead body is beyond me) It was rumored that the face of his body began to look copper colored from the gunshot. A kind of foreshadowing to him being on the US penny.
No Robert is the only child that is buried elsewhere. He is is laid to rest in Virginia by request of his wife.
I'm far from the first to say that the photographs of Lincoln before the War and those taken shortly before his assassination almost look like two different people. The weight of a country tearing itself apart must be immense. For reference, I'll offer this bit of trivia: Keanu Reeves is currently two years older than Abraham Lincoln was at the time of his death. I suppose Harrison Ford was correct in saying: "It's not the age, it's the mileage."
750,000 people dead for MONEY!
Lincoln's Presidential Proclamation NO. 81 (19 April 1861) after the evacuation ofvFt Sumter.
"Whereas an insurrection against the Government of the United States has broken out -in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and the laws of the United States- for the *COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE (TAX MONEY)* can not be effectually executed therein comformably to that provision of the Constitution which requires *DUTIES (REVENUE TAX MONEY)* to be uniform throughout the United States:..."
Ever take a good look at Reeves lately? He looks like a withered corpse.
Lincoln actually suffered from a degenerative disease which assisted in the aging…. But yes, all presidents come out looking much older.
@@JimCar71 Being personally responsible for the death of 750,000 people probably doesn't help either!
@@JimCar71 except for #45!
Great story. Ron Reitveld was a professor of mine at Cal State Fullerton in mid 1980's. Had several very cool conversations about the photo and how he came across it.
I reached out to Mr. Rietveld and he watched the video today - and approved of it emphatically. I am pretty ecstatic about it and glad I did him justice. What a cool guy and I’m jealous you got to be in his class!
@@MrDrosteHistory Very cool your were able to contact him and that he felt good about the video. Yes, great guy, he actually allowed me to glance through a couple of books he had on the assassination.
Lincoln had a tough life and he sacrificed everything for this country. In an age of no mass media, things were very primitive. He saved us from ourselves and for that I will be eternally grateful to this man.
And yet the South remains a racist sh*thole.
Now just look at the mess that is America go figure
The "mass media" back then were the newspapers.. And we should all know how Lincoln was towards the newspapers.
Lincoln sacrificed 750,000 lives for REVENUE TAX MONEY! After the evacuation of Ft Sumter, his Presidential Proclamation NO.81 (19 April 1861).
"Whereas an insurrection against the Government of the United States has broken out -in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and the laws of the United States- for the *COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE (TAX MONEY)* can not be effectually executed therein comformably to that provision of the Constitution which requires *DUTIES (REVENUE TAX MONEY)* to be uniform throughout the United States:..."
Everyone had a tough life in those days. But yes. Abe did his best. We need someone half as great today.
I feel a deep sullen sadness and depression, whenever I hear of the assassination of President Lincoln. I suspect many others feel similarly even though he lived and operated 160 years ago. It is as if this country has yet to recover from the untimely loss of such a great leader.
Repeat/reverse hundred years later. Never doubt the satanic underworld in this country.
I would say JFK is much more tragic considering the high probability our gov was behind it. At the least complacent.
I agree it’s sad. He should have had better security 24/7 and after his presidency he should have moved to a secret location maybe on an island perhaps
Yes and he was a Republican.Thank God
He held and abused people and worked them to death. He was a rapist of the enslaved. He's a criminal thug just like all these so called founding Devils who stole the nation they are in
I know Ron Rietveld and he has told me some amazing stories! My favorite is his meeting in 1952 with a 92 year old man whose father had been a gardener at Lincoln's White House. He was only 6 years old and would sometimes accompany his father to work. Abraham Lincoln would tease the 6 year old about stealing figs from the fig trees! Ron also knew descendant of Ulysses Grant and Andrew Johnson.
My neighbor great, great grandpap cleaned out Grant's out house, and shoveled his horses poop
@@gregsmith1342 horse poop indeed!
Who cares
@@TonyRomearound geez you're rude
@@TonyRomearound I do! And so do a lot of other people. Go away.
Amazing story. Imagine the excitement for a 14 year old kid that finds something so historical
Back when the coffin was moved into the new Lincoln's Tomb in early 1900s, the casket was opened and viewed. There was a young boy there and he passed away maybe 30 years ago but he was the last living person to see Lincoln, albeit his corpse.
Funny, I just commented about an article I read in Life magazine in the early ‘60s about an exhumation of Lincoln’s body. There were pictures of the project as well. I did not recall the detail about the reinterment into a new tomb.
I wonder what counts as having seen Lincoln? I've seen his blood on the pillow across the street from Ford's theater in Washington DC. It's nearly completely faded now from sunlight.
Smell?
@@cherylwebb8340 there was no mention of that in the article, sorry!
There is a rather well done video on the journey that Lincoln’s body took after the assassination on another you tube channel called Grave Explorations ..
I'm always on the lookout for history-based channels and stumbled across your channel and subbed after this episode!
This is an incredible story. I had no idea of how this picture ended up being made public. That young man is a hero, in my eyes.
@Eleven Eleven, there is no way that the picture we see today in most history books and the picture on the internet is the picture of President Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln our President was described as looking like a Monkey 🙈 if you look at history they teach today especially the Eugenics theory, most dark skinned people are described as looking like monkeys 🙈 the Eugenics theory says modern man look like the so called Caucasian people you see today, so again how can a white man look like a Monkey when society call Negro people looking like a monkey? So obviously the picture we see today is not the original picture of Abraham Lincoln. Further evidence proved that President Abraham Lincoln’s original gravesite was moved to another gravesite buried under tons of concrete. Why do you suppose our government went to Great lengths to hide this particular President under tons of concrete? Interesting. Please give me your input on what you think this was such a drastic move, and please don’t give me the excuse that President Lincoln’s body was in a threat of robbery because for that matter so was the other Presidents during that time frame, so why did society during the last few decades decided to move President Abraham Lincoln’s body? It had to had been for the obvious reason for them to put tons on concrete over his body to hide him for good.
In an age of lessening the impact and meaning behind words, you take the cake. There is NOTHING heroic about stumbling upon a photo. Stop it
@@wyo_garage20 It sounds like someone peed in your cornflakes today. Are you always this miserable? The young man is a hero because of his interest in Lincoln he was able to uncover an unknown photo that would probably still be filed away to this day. What’s your problem? The boy found a very important piece of history.
I was always fascinated by that photo. Never knew it was not meant to be seen by public eyes! That truly is a wild find.
Very interesting video and well done. I've known about Ronald Rietveld and his discovery of the Lincoln casket photo (some Lincoln Assassination books briefly mention it), but I did not know the intimate details as what you've laid out. Never realized he's still alive and became a college professor. Very good detail in your research. I very much appreciate this video.
I still wonder even now Edwin Stanton's motivation to keep the photo as he did. He ordered all the plates destroyed, but he kept the last copy for himself - for a while anyway. Human selfishness, perhaps? Understandable, since he and Lincoln became good friends after have been fierce adversaries since their days in Illinois politics. Still, the argument could've been made, and likely was made that Lincoln belonged to the people as most Northerners certainly believed. The photo may have become priceless family heirlooms. Still it was ultimately Mary Lincoln's decision, and as a grieving wife she had that right, which makes Stanton's keeping of that plate the more inexplicable.
The Kennedys would be in a similar situation when deciding whether or not JFK's casket would be open or closed in 1963 - needs of the nation vs needs of the individual.
Speaking of Kenned, if you haven’t seen the video on the subject of his casket and the ~24 hour craziness after he passed - and more! - you gotta check out the “Ask a Mortician” channel. It’s _truly_ one of *the* best historical/ informational videos I’ve ever seen; from a funeral aspect, that is. That channel is a must-see.
@@peachespavalko1980 Really? As into the Kennedy Assassination as I am (heck, I read a book on the Warren Report in 7th grade - didn't believe it even then, but that's neither here nor there), I definitely have to check that video out. Thank you for the suggestion.
I truly hope you do because you will not be disappointed. And I love her dry whit and sense of humor as she spins tales. Her channel lineup is widely varied and not just about funerals necessarily, and she has a huge following.
😂 😳 to the fact that you actually read the entire Warren report. Oh my, you *are* dedicated! And apparently very smart, too. Have a wonderful Sunday.
@@peachespavalko1980 “Ask a Mortician” THOSE VIDEOS ARE ALL FAKE AND SEEK WASTE OF TIME.
I wish president Lincoln was alive today he would be retired knowing President Trump is going to make america great again and border wall back up illegal immigrants sent back where the hell they came here. using american taxpayers money they dont they are not entitled to
I stumbled onto your channel by watching the Garfield assassination and always liked history in general but especially US history so I had to subscribe. Looking forward to going back and checking out all the rest of your post. A very good channel sir. 👏 👍
Thank you! This means a lot to me and I’m glad to have you here. The content will keep coming. I have some fun stuff in the works!
I know Ron Rietveld and his son is a friend of mine. Ron and I both had grandparents that lived in log cabins in Pella, Iowa. Ron and his wife once came to visit the Harlan-Lincoln house in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and everyone enjoyed his visit. Robert Lincoln married the daughter of Senator James Harlan and the house became their summer home. It is worth a visit.
Wow- very interesting. I am always pleasantly surprised to hear of young people being interested in history, no matter the subject .
Always fascinating to hear your revelations. Your students must adore you!
Amazing. The only picture of Lincoln after his death. My wife and I are going to Ford's theater this coming up spring and I can't wait. The rich history is simply amazing.
That's awesome - enjoy the trip!
When I took my first trip to D.C. Ford's Theater and the house where Lincoln died were the most moving places I visited.
I know Ron and I'm going to DC in the spring as well. Ron told me there is a plaque in Ford's Theater with his name on it. Looking forward to seeing it! Enjoy your trip!
When I was 14 in the 70's we went to D.C. and saw a production of Godspell at Ford's theatre. I kept looking up at the presidential box.
No matter how many times I've listen to all the craziness' Lincoln had to go thru to get a little peace in death, every time, is just as fascinating as the first! Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it!
@ :31, even though it's past tense, the verb, still, is, 'lay.' Entertaining video; thank-you, for posting. I've subscribed, also. Looking forward, to more.
Very cool that a high schooler Lincoln buff was the one who came across this. Love history UA-cam. Happy holidays!
That artist's rendition is spot on, too. Amazing attention to detail for the magazine. Great to see them both together.
There’s a great picture of teddy Roosevelt as a kid looking out a window in NY city as Lincoln’s body came by.
Yes indeed, check it out - ua-cam.com/users/shortsgWnmIU34EOs
@@MrDrosteHistory That’s wild. He must have been 6 or 7 years old.
Is it true that John Wilkes Booth’s brother saved Robert Lincoln’s life at a train station or is that just apocrypha?
It’s true. Check out the Lincoln Assassination video on my channel. I talk about it toward the beginning.
I wish I could lay my hands on it, but I used to have a large paperback book called "Meet Mr. Lincoln". I was a sort of "coffee table book" that was published probably in the early '60's (more like around 1960) of photographs of Lincoln and his family, many of the photographs were during the Civil War by famed photographer Mathew Brady. Many were battleground scenes. Many were American politicians, dignitaries, political posters of the period (many from magazines and newspapers). It even had great pictures of those individuals who plotted to kill Lincoln as well. It's a very collectible book now, I'm sure.
Can you do a story on all the times Lincoln was disinterred, and how on the last time, they opened the coffin to make sure it was him as there had been attempts to steal the corpse prior?
I heard about that as well
I would like to hear more about that story
Yes - that would be so interesting! The "vault" at 1:54, (not sure what to call it) is a place I visited many times during my childhood (we lived nearby and Lincoln was my hero). Although back then, it was in shambles and the park authorities said is would be restored...sometime. Looks like it finally happened. Lincoln's body was stored there - heavily chained and locked while the permanent tomb was being built.
FYI: There's a great DVD entitled "Stealing Lincoln's Body" that was put out by A&E Television Network in 2009. Very well done.
I read a story years ago written by a man who when a child was summoned from his school to the place where Lincoln's casket was to be opened to insure that the body it contained was indeed Abe. This was before it was closed and encased in concrete. The man described the scene and it was hair-raising. Robert Todd was present. He described the opening of the casket and said that as soon as it was opened a "feted" (his word) smell filled the room. He said Lincoln's head had fallen back and the mole on his cheek was easy to see. He said there were stalagmites of mold, something that gave me chills. It was obvious to the group assembled that the body was indeed Lincoln.
I study Lincoln as well. He was the 16th president, his casket was moved 17 times and his casket was opened 5 times. The last person to see Lincolns face was a 14 year old named Fleetwood lindley
Yes. You"re absolutely right.
I was fortunate enough to find an old copy of Life Magazine, I think it was, that contained the article about this young man being present at the opening of Lincoln's coffin. It is a treasure.
I don't understand why no photos were allowed in the first place. It was very common at that time to take photos of the dead, often times the whole family was photographed sitting with the dead body.
I live in Springfield Illinois. Thank you for your work. I have a new friend.
Maybe you could do a story of the little boy who watched Lincoln's body going by in New York City. That boy was 5 years old and with his dad, and was future President Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy & Dad were looking out their apartment window as Lincoln's funeral was going by!
Yep, I’ve actually already got a video on my channel about it. There’s a short, as well as it’s talked about at the end of my Lincoln Assassination video. Check it out!
There was a game show many, many years ago (the name has slipped my mind), but there were "stars" & three people would come in & the "stars" would ask questions to see if they could discern which person was the subject of the evening.
Anyway, one of the episodes of this "game show" had this old man on it & it turns out he was actually AT Ford's Theater with his father & saw Lincoln's assassination. I believe he was five or six at the time. (He was almost 100 at the time of that game show.)
The name of the show was, I've Got A Secret!
There's actually a video of that episode here on UA-cam. It's really interesting.
No, Teddy and his brother.
Another great Lincoln story. Thanks, Mr. Droste
Interesting story, had to subscribe! Looking forward to future posts!!!
Thank you!
Gosh what a bummer. HOW DO YOU TOP THAT? All at fourteen. ~ Amazing how few of eyes had seen that photo up to that point. Really enjoyed this presentation. THANK YOU.
What a wonderful story! Thank you so much!
GREAT piece. Excellent narration. Awesome pix. Thank you for this.
So cool!! Thank you for sharing!
That is an awesome photo of Broad St. in Philadelphia! I don't know if I have ever seen this before, but it is an amazing sight!
When I was young, probably in the early 1960’s, Life magazine published an article with photos of an exhumation of President Lincoln that occurred around the early 1900’s. I’m pretty certain of this but have never seen it mentioned anywhere since. It would be very interesting to know if this is an accurate memory. As you can imagine, it made quite an impression on me and would make a fascinating story in itself if this can be verified.
This is correct. It absolutely did happen.
@@MrDrosteHistory Why did they do that??
@hawgbreath, yes, I remember that Life magazine very well. It was so traumatizing. I had grown up loving Lincoln, and reading all I could find on him. My parents formed our perceptions of Lincoln. I can see that photo in my mind's eye to this day. Bless you, Mr. Lincoln.
The fact that the former occupant of the White House thinks he's "better then WASHINGTON, better then LINCOLN" and people actually agree just show how delusional and shady we've become.
Obama
@@williamjoyce7168Obama didn’t do squat. Some us really know why he got elected.
Trump wouldn't have been worthy to wipe Lincoln's ass. Lincoln is as high over trump as everest is over the ocean
@@joshuagodfrey644 And why is that? Educate us ignoramuses'.
Didn't think when I watched this it would be a story about a relative of mine, Edwin Stanton. What a sneaky bugger. Learned something new about my family.
Can you talk about the people who tried to steal his body and he didn’t get buried for like 20-30 something years later
Very interesting story that began with the election of 1876
They opened the coffin one last time in 1901 and sure enough, there was A. Lincoln in the coffin. He had been preserved so well, there was very little decomposition. They say only the eyes sockets were sunken in, but the face remained the same. His skin was very white, this was attributed to a white mold that had covered his face. He had some flecked dust on that face. It was from the small American flag that had been put on the lid of the closed coffin. Then they closed the coffin on last time and lowered the coffin into a deep grave that was encased in steel and cement, by the order of Robert Lincoln. He didn't want there to be any chance of grave robbers trying to steal his father's body as they had tried in 1876. In 1963 the last person who had seen the face of A. Lincoln died. His name was Fleetwood Lindlay. He was 13 years old at the time. His father, part of the Honor Guard, had snuck him in to witness history.
@@edwardcricchio6106 Ron Rietveld has met Fleetwood Lindlay.
My favorite president of all time had and will always be President Lincoln may God rest his soul as well as his family. Merry Christmas everyone and blessed safe new year.
Who else would he be if he wasn't President Lincoln?
As a young man, Lincoln openly admitted to his lack of faith. As a politician, he spoke about God but refused to say he was a Christian
Nice of you to project your delusions on someone who didnt have them
@@gowdsake7103 .... God bless you on the eve of the birth of the king of kings Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas and happy new year.
Amen!
What a wonderful story and video. Thank you for bringing this to us!
Jesus and Lincoln , ironically, had something in common. Jesus went into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday; Lincoln went into Richmond on Palm Sunday. They both died on Good Friday
Wow. Excellent topic and very informative. I had assumed the photo of Lincoln's open casket had been available and known soon after his death. Two pieces of advice: your video and audio are out of sync, which is apparent when you are talking on screen. I would also upgrade your camera and video software as soon as you can. It will be worth it for you in the long run. You are an engaging historian.
The video and audio appear to be synced on my end , I'm wondering if that was a connection issue? Video-wise, I am using a Logitech 1080p right now but its definitely an entry level webcam. A lot of my early videos just had my camera minimized in the corner of the screen with a presentation taking up most of the space so it didn't matter as much then. But now I'm doing more full size video projects and agree that I should upgrade. You're definitely right that it will be worth it in the long run! Your positive comments on the content here mean a lot to me, thank you so much and I'm glad you liked the video.
I'm a new sub, enjoying the channel. I dont know if you take requests, but can you do a story on the photo of Lincoln dead in the bed he died in? I saw it and read up on it. So I know it was taken the morning he died by 2 brothers that were photographers. And he looked absolutely horrible. It said he had been taking meds threw the war. I think they said the meds had mercury or lead. The war aged him a lot. Hope you can cover it👍
That wasn't Lincoln in the bed. It was someone else.
I remember back in the 80s I would read these historical romances and I was in kind of a shock when
I would be reading , as though I was reading historical documents
Now listening to the story, I’m getting the same information I was getting back in the 80s when I would read these a historical documented stories with a new twist, and I was amazed that I could get truth out of some of these stories that was published, but they were talking about historical documents, and that’s the part that I was Finding out about now this year right now now is a historical document and that is really amazing. Thank you so much for the history and the truth it’s nice to know there is some truth we have been in indoctrinated with false truth.
For so long it’s so refreshing to have a real truth
I wish kids today still had a passion for history. They won’t as long as the “grownups” teaching them try to rewrite it.
Can't stay off the screens long enough.
It's odd that Stanton had this attitude. In those days it was very common to photograph the dead. Death masks were often made, families photographed loved ones and even posed them as if they were alive. Culturally it was very common so I wonder why Stanton acted this way or even felt he had the right to do what he did.
Lincoln gave his life to keep the US united... never forget 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Solid report. Well done.
And that young man, from what I have found, became a professor of history. It would be amazing if he would make a video about all he has learned. But there isn't a single video of him speaking.
Edit; I did a search here on YT specifically of his name and there is just one video and it's from 2010. Not the best quality though.
I actually was able to track him down and sent him this video. He approved! He recently retired after 51 years as a professor. Really nice guy.
@Mr. Droste History Wow, that is awesome to have actually hear from him!
Follow up with the bizarre journey Lincoln's body went through after arriving at Oak Ridge. It ultimately led to the reason he rests underneath 10 feet of solid concrete today.
There is another photo of Lincoln just before his last Buriel . It was floating around on the internet a few years ago .
Yeah, I’m not convinced that’s him (the so-called death bed photo). Either way, this coffin photo would have been after that. To my eyes it (death bed photo) doesn’t look like him. Though I know the people who possesses it were really trying to sell it as fact. They claimed it was from the Peterson house, but it was clearly the wrong kind of bed (the posts didn’t match what was actually in the house).
How much history has gone to the dumps by family getting rid of a relative's 'junk' ??? Great that this survived.
I have seen the chair he was sitting in when assassinated. It is at the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan and I have seen the carriage he rode in for his inauguration, located in New Jersey. I have also seen the very mediocre cabin he was born in located in Kentucky.
But seeing his death mask at Ford's Theater in DC really teared me up. He was such a great man and president for America and it was like looking him directly in the face. What a great patriot to free a race of people from slavery!!
the Lincoln chair in which he was assassinated has bloodstains. The cabin exhibited at the Hodgenville, KY "Lincoln birthplace" (under National Park service) is a replica: ua-cam.com/video/NZJyMy30Li0/v-deo.html
Summary: We have not yet identified the cabin where Lincoln was born (if it even exists)
😆 Best impression.
Best President for the problems
we are experiencing. 🇺🇸
in one of the popular magazines, of the 1960s there was an article I saw Lincolns body....100 years after his death...
Anyway to improve the visual quality of the photo, with new digital technology?
In grade school, I was taught that AL's face had turned black after death, and they had to paint it with chalk.
This story has got to be the story of the 21st century. I never heard it before and let me say, I read a lot.
You have a lovely voice thank you nice video
Is it true there was only one photograph taken? For some reason, I thought there were two.
What an epic legacy President Lincoln left for those living then and.for generations to come. He was a Stoic man with a lovely countenance of Faith in God and what was right to do.He also had a tremendous sense of humor and whimsy. All of this carried him through the severe Trials and Tribulations of losing his loved ones, from is beloved mother to Ann Rutledge to his beloved sons ! He suffered great bouts of Melancholia/ Depression, a High strung, needy wife and a Presidency through the Civil War that aged him by 20 years. Still he looked to the best of it all and forged ahead with Grace ! I don't know why and I certainly don't believe we reincarnate but when I was younger I
had vivid dreams of him, especially being in the house while he lay dying. I only questioned it once so there is no need for me to further do so. I think his epic legacy was imprinted on my Child heart and my love and respect for such a Beautiful human being was mine to hold for a time. To remember that is to remember his life and the excruciating loss of A Man For The Ages ! He stood so much taller than many of us can ever hope to even aspire to !
God Rest You Dearest
Abraham.! ✝️🌿
There Is a podcast called 1865 its one of the best I've listened to. The voice actors are amazing!
I have listened to a few episodes. Really good show!
Wow!
Blessed to grow up in Springfield , il , the land of Lincoln
What a fascinating story! And I am proud to say that my birthday is the same as this wonderful president's, Feb 12
Damn.. What a discovery
Great treasure. Keep digging.
Lincoln did alot for our country he had a hard life growing up but that didn't stop him from doing great things rest i peace President Lincoln
A great man was Abraham Lincoln. I totally got goosebumps looking at that picture.
“He belongs to the ages.” - I believe this was said after President Lincoln passed, by one of Mr. Lincoln’s advisors
It was Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War.
Edward stanton
Lincoln was the leader of the hearts of not only America, but all of humanity. He was one of the most precious sons of humanity, an exemplary person, a prophet. Even though his body was destroyed by a jerk, he will live in our hearts forever with his perfect personality, honorable struggle and endless humanity!.
That was really cool!
Your videos are super good
Very interesting
Awesomeness... thanks. 👍
Des Moines here! Woot woot!!!
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@@MrDrosteHistory YEAH baby!!!! Goot stuff!
Wow!
It was crazy back then.
Great story!
Humble Gentleman all ways Sadly remind his Mother
My local archives is a treasure trove of information - they wanted to assassinate Lincoln here.
I live in Baltimore
I love this story!!!
Wowwww ❤❤❤
I don't think a lot of people actually understand who this man actually was or what he actually accomplished. He created the "United" States of America! Those down South chose a path that was "wrong" which resulted in the death of many fine young soldiers Not to mention the civilian count! So sad that this had to happen. So much sadness & grief. Why? Lincoln was the chosen one! The delivery.
And why didn’t his wife travel with her husbands body? No way was she in too much grief to travel! She was tougher than leather
Who were the soldiers standing by?
Honest Abe
What does Keanu Reeves have to do with this? There are probably thousands of people, some of whom are famous, who are 2 years older than Mr. Mr. Lincoln was when he died.
After 36 year's his coven was open his son Robert was there .His face was like leather . He was then put under grown in the building they made for his family
He was my 4th cousin 4 or 5 times removed. I am so proud of that fact.
I have always wondered if Edwin Stanton was a part of Lincolns assassination
I just moved to Iowa like literally between both of those city's I'm big into the Civil War, I gotta do some research now an see if I can find something cool
The photo had been in magazine Civil War Times Illustrated don't remember date of magazine.
Lincoln was the most consequential President of all time
Just like hitler!
One of Americas best presidents ! As are most of Republican presidents
" I haven't seen the Democrats this Angry since the Republicans freed Their Slaves".
- Late Republican President Abraham Lincoln.
@ MGTOW Paladin If that's the crucial factor, Jefferson Davis and R.E.Lee would each have looked like the Elephant Man.
He died on April 15, not April 14th. He was shot April 14th, before midnight, and died at 7:22 in the morning on April 15.
Well aware of that, Ken. The assassination is the act, which was the 14th. Google the definition if you’d like.