Object Details
- patient; referenced
- Lincoln, Abraham
- referenced
- Leale, Charles
- United States Army
- Description
- U.S. Medical Staff Officer Dr. Charles Leale wore this sword while serving in the honor guard for Lincoln’s body when it lay in state at the White House and the U.S. Capitol, April 1865. Leale was on duty at Ford’s Theatre the night of the assassination and was the first doctor to reach the dying president.
- Bequest of Helen Leale Harper, Dr Charles Leale’s granddaughter, 2006
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Leale
- 1864
- ID Number
- 2006.0251.01
- accession number
- 2006.0251
- catalog number
- 2006.0251.01
- Object Name
- sword
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- yellow (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 37 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 95.25 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.27 cm
- Related Publication
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- National Museum of American History
- referenced
- Presidency
- commemorating
- Presidency
- related event
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Record ID
- nmah_1318428
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-fc90-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
