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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05603.03.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members |
| Title | At the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln |
| Date | ca. 1925 |
| Author | Tanner, James (1844-1927) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Article detailing the events that occurred around Lincoln's deathbed, written by an eye witness. Writes that at the time of Lincoln's death he was an employee of the Ordinance Bureau of the War Department. His ability to write in shorthand, brought him to the president's bedside, where he took notes for Edwin M. Stanton. Recounts what he was doing and where he was on the evening of the assassination. Comments on Secretary Stanton's strength and refers to him as a "man of steel" during the last hours of Lincoln's life. States that although many published pictures include Andrew Johnson at the foot of Lincoln's bed when in reality he was not present. The article is two pages long, from pages thirty four and thirty-five of the New Republic. The verso pages include articles titled "What the Bishops Said to Washington" and "The Enemy Within Our Gates." The latter article attacks a number of people and groups for their Soviet sympathies, including Jane Adams, the American Civil Liberties Union, and New York University professors. |
| Subjects | President Civil War Union Forces Lincoln Assassination Assassination Death Injury or Wound Lincoln's Cabinet Politics Women's History Reform Movement Religion Communism |
| People | Tanner, James (1844-1927) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | James Tanner lost both legs serving as a corporal in the Civil War. Then served as a clerk in the War Department. Became Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1905. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |