The Bullet That Killed Lincoln!!! | History Traveler Episode 15 

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Each bone is part of a once living human being with a life, a story and a soul; who was loved by someone. May they rest in peace.

As a Civil War history buff, this is one of my favorite channels. Schools should show these videos in history classes to make history more interesting for students that think history is boring. Definitely not boring the way you show it.

I hadn't expected so many artefacts related to Lincolns murder, it really brought it home. Very moving.

I built a prosthetic clinic for a client. I noticed during our first meeting he had arms and legs all over his office. On acceptance of my contract I said, " say, I see you have plenty of idle hands and legs, I sure could use an extra hand on the project!" He didn't laugh but it all went well. Lol!

Quite literally pieces of Abraham Lincoln inches from you! That’s incredible!

I've been to Gettysburg battlefields many times, and walked Pickett's charge many times... but i can't even imagine doing it while under fire... this is a crazy museum, I need to make a visit

As a paramedic for 30 years in a large urban environment I've never seen trauma like this before. This is literally frightening

Born and raised in Baltimore and never knew about this fascinating museum. Stumbled across this channel due to my love of history and has become one of my favorites. New sub here, looking forward to future content.

Crazy! As a person going through the process of having a prosthetic leg made I'm thankful that tech and medicine have advanced to where they are now. Some of those looked like they were built out in the woodshed lol.

This is a reminder of the reality of war and how brutal it can be, the things people go through.. I visited this museum when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Was so cool.

What a great channel you've created. As a Canadian and a Civil War history buff I found this episode very interesting. The carnage and human suffering after a battle is something most of us don't think of, this museum brings that to life.

Thanks for sharing this. To actually see the bullet and bone fragments from Lincoln, just stunning. Watching this makes one be thankful for good health and causes you to count your blessings in life. Very sobering video.

Wow, that was really interesting. I’ve never heard of this place but I am sure glad you went there. Yes, I agree seeing everything about Lincoln was really amazing. Thanks JD for the tour.♥️😊👍👍

Awesome stuff man. I Really enjoy your channel. Love fellow history buffs, anything history. You give great insite to places not everyone has the time, money, or just not able to go. You dont ask for anything you showeverything and explain. As if you're the guide for us. Real history is letting the stories and artifacts speak for themselves.

I saw the Lincoln bullet almost 40 years ago when there was a medical museum at Walter Reid Army Hospital.. I just drove up parked in the lot(for free) entered the building and toured the displays. Of note was Dan Sickles’ leg and the Confederate cannon ball that shattered it.

just found this page and literally spent the whole day watching this channel!!! Great work man!

i love how you do close ups and talk about the items i have gotten to go to so many places due to your videos great job and thank you

As you show all these horrific wounds, I think of the men who saw their brothers-in-arms suffer those wounds. And as Stephen Ambrose said in "Band of Brothers" that all were wounded.

Wow. I'll skip Lunch - before and after - on the day - if - I visit this museum. I definitely appreciate you saving me a visit to this museum. It's amazing to realize just how fragile we truly are. Battle wounds are really brutal. Thanks.

Wonderful video. I'm happy to have discovered your channel today . look forward to seeing more of your travels.

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for the tour, Sir.

Great tour! For anyone in the northern NJ-PA area, interested in everything Lincoln, a visit to the little Columns Museum in Milford, PA is a must. Prominent in their collection is a large American Flag stained with Lincoln's blood. For many years, historians passed this off as a "hoax" until the 1990's, when a closer study of provenance established it as authentic. The story goes that one of the flags adorning Lincoln's balcony box in Ford's Theater, was grabbed, rolled up and placed under his head to comfort him until he could be moved across the street. The man who kept the flag was from PA, and a member of Lincoln's Cabinet. This flag has been cited as the most valuable American flag next to the "Star Spangled Banner".

Very interesting n fascinating tour especially how weapons of war can inflict so much pain n damage to the human body. Solemn n respectful moments to Pres. Lincoln's display with so much historical significance n unfulfilled potential of his presidency. Kudos for upload. Accidentally came upon ur vid but well appreciated. New subscriber because of it. Anticipating ur next one. Peace

Phenomenal. Grateful to have discovered your channel.

This video is awesome mainly because I didn't even know these artifacts even existed. Great work! I'm subscribing right now.

Thanks! Very interesting tour. Sorry i missed this when I lived close to DC.

Thank you for sharing history! So important to know what the soldiers went through...fascinating. I saw the chair that Abraham Lincoln sat in when he was shot at the Ford museum in Michigan...blood stained still. Also the car that JFK was in was on display

Definitely not your worst video it’s amazing to see all of this including the bullet that killed Lincoln. Keep doing you. Great job.

Yeah, that was a amazing yet creepy museum. I was hospitalized at Walter Reed back in 2007. Saw Lincolns death mask, plus bullet and a stomach with hair in it from a patient that kept eating her hair. The cross section of a entire sliced up human will always haunt me.

You did an excellent job. A fascinating museum. Thanks.

Thank you for sharing this history...amazing. Very interesting!

I'm a history buff. So glad I found your channel!

Those skeletons of the children really got to me. My heart hurts.

Born/raised in DC area and never knew this place existed. Very, very interesting. Also interesting that Lincoln artifacts not in Smithsonian, but it makes sense.

Love this guy’s channel! I just discovered it today n been binge watching

Seeing those babies and small children skeletons just broke my heart.

“This hand looks particularly bad...” your commentary is spot on!!!

Thanks for the field trip! Awesome collections.

You are correct on the original name of “The Army Medical Museum”. I remember going there at age 12 in 1960 in D.C.

Absolutely fascinating. Thanks for your hard work to cronical and present this.

Tk you sir. I am just enjoying it on a Sunday afternoon. I enjoy this kind of thing. I subscribed and will tell my history buff friends. Bless.

That was crazy Thanks for taking the time to share

2nd time I've watched. Extremely informative . Great job!

Lincoln's theatre chair was at the H Ford museum. Surreal. I had a 50 caliber Zouave rifle. Still a lethal beast.

Nice job on your videos! They are very well done and very pleasant to watch.

Thank you for this fascinating content, from a new subscriber and old history buff who has just discovered your channel! As a (former-ish) paramedic (now on disability), I could spend all day in that place! Seeing Lincoln's blood on the doctor's cuff sleeves was particularly poignant. It reminded me of one time, after years on the job when my mental health had started to deteriorate, when I came home from a shift having failed to save an injured woman and I didn't want to wash her blood off my uniform shirt because I felt I'd be sending the last remaining part of her down the drain.

I couldn't help smile at the irony of the prosthetic leg belonging to Dewy G Force who lost his leg in a blast! What a name. Another fascinating video. Thankyou

Very well done!! Excellent presentation that’s quite informative and very sad.

This was a great video man. I subbed to your channel. I look forward to heading up there some day.

Thinking of the fact that those brutally disfigured skulls once contained living, breathing, thinking individuals that voluntarily went into battle hoping and praying that they would make it through...to wind up as part of a museum display on the destructive effects of weaponry.

Great job, really enjoyed this video!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="880">14:40</a> the bullet that changed (or made) history.

I love going to museums and just learning about history. I was born with spina bifida, hydrocephalus and Chiari malformation so seing the anatomy stuff is really cool.

New sub here. I have no idea how I found you but I am so delighted I did! Thank you for what you do!

This was an amazing video. Very interesting. The civil war pieces were quite interesting

Just happened upon this video. Great work. Subscribed. Look forward to more...

Incredible presentation. Thank you.

WOW! I love history and this is a great video. Thank you.

Wow what a cool place. Talk about history. This place is a treasure trove. Thank you for sharing it with us on RU-vid. Great video. ❤️👍

Been to this museum and it is really amazing. Highly recommend it. There is another small Civil War medical museum in Fredericksburg, MD that is amazing. If I remember correctly, it shows a lot of the reconstructive surgeries that were done. It's unbelievable what they were able to do at that time.

Great video! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

If you get the opportunity; the house across from Ford Theatre (where they took President Lincoln immediately after being shot), was made into a museum. The bloodstained bed, bedding, and pillow are on display.

Very interesting indeed, but I’m glad that I had already finished my lunch before watching this, haha! I found myself wincing and cringing at several of the exhibits that you showed in the video. Still quite fascinating though, especially the Abe Lincoln artifacts. Pretty amazing.

Just found your channel. Love it, such great content.

Very cool man Need to add that to my list of remaining Lincoln sites for sure. I've been to his home and tomb in Speingfield, IL, but sadly the governmental stuff was closed as it was a weekend when we went. I've been to Ford's Theater and the Peterson House as well.

Amazing! Loved this!

This went back and Re-watched this…..still blows my mind…incredible

Good lord seeing all those gunshot wounds it's sad what man can do to each other !

I've been to Gettysburg numberous times throughout the 1980's, I've been all over Gettysburg, ( I'm a resident of Pennsylvania ) I Love my American History.

Wow , that is unreal. That whole place is crazy. I have always been fascinated with everything Lincoln . I have been to his gravesite , and when I was stationed at the Pentagon, I visited Fords theater and the place across the street where he died. I wasn't aware of this place. I would have gone there to check it out. Maybe one day. Thanks for sharing

Dude this so interesting, I really appreciate it!

It never fails to amaze me the things that you will find on you tube!

GREAT WORK ,,,Continue,,,your work is IMPORTANT

Under Ford's theater, they have on display the gun that shot lincoln...amazing to see the gun that changed history. Also on display is Lincoln's duster jacket that was draped over the chair he was sitting in at the time he was shot. The left side of the jacket was mostly missing because after he was shot, it was that side of the jacket that got the most blood. Souvenir hunters at the time would cut squares of his jacket that had the blood on it leaving about 2/3rds of the jacket. left...morbid.

Amazing video bro!!

Love, love, love your stuff. Thank you sir

Thank you for a great video!

Very well done! Thank you!

Love your videos and channel. Have you thought of going around St. Augustine, Florida? A lot of cool stuff in the oldest city of the U.S.A.

Saw the Lincoln display when I was 12 and I won a trip to DC

The skeletal hands that were on exhibit in this video is the stuff of nightmares. The Lincoln exhibit,- wow! I had no idea these things were on exhibit somewhere! For some reason, seeing his hair affected me most. I was not expecting that. [Edited for clarity]

When they built this museum Walter Reed Army Medical Center was still open. Worked there as a firefighter & loved doing inspections at this building. Incredible displays!!!!

Wow that's history in a bottle so to speak ,new to your channel so just seen this have alot to comb through great job

This makes you look at Rheumatoid Arthritis in a new way. My late husband had RA plus cancer. His pain was unreal. The skeleton was unreal.

I was curious where these things ended up. I used to go look at them when I was stationed at the old Walter Reed. The moved it all as they were erecting the new hospital. Thanks for sharing.

Now I have two reasons to go to Silver Springs, MD. 1) A seafood restaurant that people rave about and 2) This Museum! I had now idea it existed.

Thank you for a truly amazing video! Only downside was the lighting - couldn't really see some items. Apart from that, it was extremely interesting. 👍

it always feels ikky to see the insides of the human body but really interesting/informative ,another great vid

Thank you for sharing . I love your videos.

This Museum has lots of Battlefields type wounds which is different than another Museum in Philadelphia called The Mutter Museum, which has similar Displays. The Mutter Museum is a 19th Medical Teaching Collection for Medical Students.

My favorite video from you as of yet

Very interesting. My 2nd visit to this video and saw things I didn't remember.

I live in KC area, and we have so much history here, from General Pershing and Jesse James, to Ernest Hemmingway and Walt Disney... The list goes on and on. There are many places I can reccomend you visit. Also, if you're in OH, check out the National Museum of thr Air Force. That place is awesome, and the have the Bockscar on display there, the Nagasaki bomber. It is completely free, with the exception of additional experiences that we skipped out on. They also have the plane that carried JFK to, and sadly from, Dallas, where Johnson was sworn in as the President. You can actually walk through most of the planes like that. It is worth a visit.

That was crazy interesting. tyvm.

Luv your vids!

I could spend all day in that museum and still not see or even comprehend it all. Medicine throughout the years has always fascinated me add that to historical events and it is a perfect combo. I want to go here and the Mutter museum.

You deserve a subscription!

Could you imagine Kevlar but in the Civil War the war would never end

Thanks for this video.