List of Ford's Theatre Attendees

[Linda Anderson]

(04-26-2026 07:19 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Thank you, Linda. Your research is amazing.

Many years ago I compiled a list of over 25 men who claimed (or were given credit) to have helped carry the stricken President across the street from Ford's Theatre to the Petersen House. The names include Dr. Charles Leale, Dr. Charles Taft, Dr. Albert King, Albert Daggett, Augustus Clark, Capt. Obadiah Jackson Downing, Capt. Edwin Bedee, Major Isaac Walker McClay, W.H. Flood, Frederick Johnstone, Jacob J. Soles, John Corey, Jacob Griffiths, William Sample, William McPeck, John Weaver, Joseph Hazelton, Capt. Owen, Capt. John Sears, Capt. John Busby, Capt. Oliver C. Gatch, George A. Clark, Thomas Gourlay, William Greer, Andrew J. Smith, Dr. Ezra Abbott, and Dr. Charles Davenport Gatch.

I think these four names may be mentioned most often in history books: Jacob Soles, John Corey, Jacob Griffiths, and William Sample.

Thank you, Roger.

I asked AI and this is what it said:

"Four Union soldiers from Battery C of the Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery—John Corey, Jabez Griffiths, William Sample, and Jacob Soles—carried President Abraham Lincoln from Ford's Theatre to the Petersen House after he was shot on April 14, 1865. They were off-duty soldiers seated in the balcony who rushed to the Presidential box to assist." The source is Emerging Civil War.

Carl Bersch sketched the scene "as it happened."

https://emergingcivilwar.com/2022/04/14/...eir-hands/