Bone fragments and probe used to search for ball in Abraham Lincoln's head (National Museum of Health and Medicine)

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The probe used by the doctor after Lincoln was shot to find the ball that entered his brain. Fragments of his skull are also displayed.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

United States President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army of the Potomac.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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