Lincoln's embalmment

[LincolnMan]

(05-06-2013 06:42 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  At least plenty of Lincoln's hair should have survived somewhere...I'd like to add another question (I'm afraid, Jim, I can't check your book, it's almost impossible to get those here which are not sold on Amazon): Were Mary's and Tad's bodies treated the same way? (By the way, when I first read about that 20 feet of concrete on the grave I was a bit shocked and thought I got that wrong somehow. I instantly thought about how it would feel like lying therein alive).

And from what I understand, being buried alive was a real concern back then.