Lincoln's embalmment

[BettyO]

I've never read or heard a satisfactory explanation of how Lincoln's gloves, inside the deep pockets of a bulky coat, could become stained with his blood unless the coat was literally soaking wet like a sponge.

Fascinating Blaine! Thanks a bunch - perhaps while they were cutting Lincoln's coat off of him (or taking it off), someone with bloody hands reached into Lincoln's pocket and retrieved the gloves for whatever reason? I, too wondered about that - how artifacts in his pockets could become blood stained. More or less, the so-called "stains" could be attributed to rust or some other "rusty" looking substance over the years, which was inadvertently attributed to "bloodstains" - just a thought....