15 seconds later, his heart stops. robert todd lincoln: [sobbing]. tom hanks: the reverend phineas gurley will recall that those present remain motionless and silent for several minutes after surgeon general barnes says, simply. robert todd lincoln: [sobbing]. tom hanks: he is gone. [clock ticking] edwin stanton: now he belongs to the ages. robert todd lincoln: [sobbing]. tom hanks: angels. according to corporal tanner, stanton said, he belongs to the angels now. but tanner was unable to record the moment. his pencil had broken.
john wilkes booth: i cannot carry a carbine. this little bitch fell on me. stumbled while jumping. i broke my damned leg. i need a surgeon. we ll go to sam mudd s. david herold: but, no. hadn t we oughta get down south, cross to the river, cross into virginia. john wilkes booth: i cannot go on without a doctor. lloyd? lloyd? john lloyd: huh? john wilkes booth: i am fairly certain we have assassinated the president and secretary seward. mind your damn horse, davey. let s go. tom hanks: meanwhile at the petersen boarding house, corporal james tanner, who has lost both legs at the second battle of bull run and is just 10 days past his 21st birthday, is about to take the first eyewitness testimony in the assassination of abraham lincoln. mary todd lincoln: [sobbing].
once. just speak to our children. just speak to little tad. you love him so. [ wheezing ] mary lincoln screams and faints. and secretary of war stanton orders that she is to be removed from the room. and she is led away, corporal tanner, transcribing in shortland in the back parlor, overhears him to say, oh, my god, i ve given my husband to die. dr. charles augustus leale, the surgeon who has been by the president s side for nine hours and scarcely let go of lincoln s hand for no other reason than to let him in his blindness know that he was in touch with humanity and had a friend. at 21 minutes and 55 seconds past 7:00 a.m. on saturday, april 15th, 1865, abraham
i can t carry a carbin. this little bitch fell on me, i broke my damn leg. i need a surgeon. we ll go to sam mud. how can we get down south of the river i cannot go on without a doctor. floyd, floyd, i m fairly certain we ve assassinated the president and secretary seward. mind your damn horse, let s go. meanwhile at the petersen boarding house, corporal james tanner who has lost both legs at the second battle of bull run and is just ten days past his 21st birthday, is about to take the first eyewitness testimony in the assassination of abraham lincoln.
once. just speak to our children. just speak to little tad. you love him so. [ wheezing ] mary lincoln screams and faints. and secretary of war stanton orders that she is to be removed from the room. and she is led away, corporal tanner, transcribing in shortland in the back parlor, overhears him to say, oh, my god, i ve given my husband to die. dr. charles augustus leale, the surgeon who has been by the president s side for nine hours and scarcely let go of lincoln s hand for no other reason than to let him in his blindness know that he was in touch with humanity and had a friend. at 21 minutes and 55 seconds past 7:00 a.m. on saturday, april 15th, 1865, abraham