Examining the medical aspects of the assassination 

Lithograph by A.H. Ritchie, 1868

Join us at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine on April 15 at 2 PM as we commemorate the 158th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln with a talk on the medical aspects of his assassination. Museum staff member Tracey McIntire will discuss the nature of the President’s wound as well as the techniques employed by the doctors in an attempt to save his life.

The presentation is included with admission to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and FREE for NMCWM members.

Tracey McIntire earned her BA in English at Rivier College in Nashua, NH. She is Director of Communications at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and an interpretive volunteer at Antietam National Battlefield. She is also an active Civil War living historian, where she portrays a woman soldier in various guises.