Lincoln's embalmment

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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.

I'm of the age where I remember wearing kid gloves to church and other functions. Kid gloves are soft, but I don't remember them being easily pliable so that they could be stuffed easily into a pocket - especially a pair as large as what Lincoln would have worn.