Lincoln's Last Days

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VIDEO | In this War Department™ episode, Garry Adelman travels to Washington, D.C. and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to find objects and stories associated with President Abraham Lincoln's last days on Earth in April 1865.  Relics such as Lincoln's hat, coat, hair, and blood are all discussed by experts in the field.  The Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Gettysburg Museum of History are both featured.

Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it. Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it.

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