What are facts about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 1

President Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater in Washington DC; he was sitting inside the State Box (an enclosed room with an opening facing the stage.) with his wife, Major Henry Rathbone, and the Major's fiancé, Clara Harris.

It was between 10:15 P.M. and 10:30 P.M., and the play was now in its third act. John Wilkes Booth walked through the unguarded and unlocked door to the State box. (John F. Parker. Parker, had been assigned as the President's bodyguard, had abandoned his post, during the play's intermission. Parker had wandered off to have a drink at the saloon, next to Ford's Theatre..) Booth was armed with a single shot, Derringer, and a hunting knife, came up behind the President, and shot him in the back of the head, near point blank range. The President's head inclined toward his chest, and Mrs. Lincoln screamed.

(Booth then yelled "Sic Semper Tyrannis" in the box, or when he landed on the stage.) Booth struggled briefly with Rathbone, stabbed him with the knife, leaped to the stage, breaking his left leg, and escaped from the theater.

Dr. Charles Leale had been in attendance, in the audience, rushed to Mrs. Lincoln who was bravely holding the President upright in his chair. Upon identifying himself, Leale tried to find the President's pulse; he felt no pulse, and placed the President on the floor. Dr. Leale then administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, as well as artificial respiration until the President was able to breathe independently. Raising the President's eyelids, Leale saw indication of brain damage. Running his fingers through Lincoln's blood-matted hair, Leale found the bullet wound behind the President's left ear and probed the wound for the bullet.Dr. Leale's diagnosis was telegraphed to the country: "His wound is mortal; it is impossible for him to recover."

By this time Acting Assistant Surgeons Charles S. Taft, MD, and Albert F. A. King, MD, of the United States Army had arrived to assist. Leale requested that the President be moved from the theater to the nearest house across the street as Lincoln would not be able to survive the carriage ride to the White House. The President was quickly carried out of the theater, and across the street to the Petersen House where one of the boarders at the House; young Henry Safford heard a disturbance in the street, and quickly went out the front door. He saw the President being carried into the street and yelled, "Bring him in here, bring him in here." The invitation was accepted. In a back bedroom, the President was laying diagonally on a bed, and propped with numerous pillows. The president's breathing grew fainter; although the doctors felt an average man with this kind of wound would die within two hours, he remained for 8.5-9 hours, comatose. Nearly every leading doctor in Washington D.C. stopped by to offer help and assistance. A large crowd gathered outside in front of the Petersen House.

. During the President's last hours, the Reverend Dr. Gurley, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, the Lincoln family church, prayed with those present. When the end came at 7:22 A.M., the few remaining knelt as Dr. Gurley prayed, "That our Heavenly Father look down in pity upon the bereaved family and preserve our afflicted and sorrow stricken country."

Answer 2

1~Robert F. Kennedy got 3 gunshots,the 3rd went through his jacket but didn't hit him.

2~Not only did Sirhan Sirhan shoot Robert F. Kennedy but Sirhan shot 5 others as well.

3~Sirhan Sirhan fired at Robert F. Kennedy ONLY from the FRONT but R.F.K had a wound on the BACK of his neck.

4~Sirhan Sirhan stalked Robert F. Kennedy because Sirhan Sirhan became obsessed with killing him then later killed R.F.K in a hotel kitchen

5~Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death but was reduced to life in prison

6~Sirhan Sirhan practiced mind control and self-hyposis to become an assassin

7~"Not only did Sirhan Sirhan assassinate R.F.K in a first-degree murder but he also had five counts of assault with a deadly weapon."

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Answer 3

There are many conspiracy theories that exist as to why Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. None have been proven. The main theory as to why he was killed is because the person who shot him was obsessed with him.

Answer 4

Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from the window of the Book Depository building as JFK's motorcade drove past.