Lincoln's embalmment

[ReignetteC]

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I would think that someone at some time would have checked to see if the pockets themselves were stained with blood???

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BTW: Were the gloves found in the pocket of Lincoln's greatcoat or in the pocket of the frock coat to his suit? I have never seen that differentiated.

It would seem to me that one generally takes off one's gloves and puts them in the pocket of the outer coat (i.e. the greatcoat). Lincoln had removed the greatcoat upon entering the box, had he not? The blood would have run into the pockets of his frock coat. Is that where the gloves were found? Not in the pockets of the outer greatcoat? Could the gloves have dropped on the floor at some point and absorbed some of Rathbone's blood? So many questions, so many possibilities.

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I found your excellent query while reading through some threads (vacation allows such pleasure). Lincoln was wearing his overcoat (great coat ) when Booth shot him. Per Rathbone's affidavit: "The president seated himself in this chair, and except that he once left this chair for the purpose of putting on his overcoat, remained so seated until he was shot."