SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)- Researchers have discovered the report
of the first doctor to treat Abraham Lincoln after he was shot
at a Washington theater. Dr. Charles Leale rushed to the
presidential box and found Lincoln leaning against his wife.
Leale ordered brandy and water be brought to the president
immediately. The eyewitness report of the first physician to
reach the mortally wounded president at Ford’s Theater in April
1865 was discovered in a box at the National Archives. It was
found by a researcher for the Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project,
which is dedicated to finding and saving all documents written
by or about the 16th president during his lifetime. Director
Daniel Stowell says the report is remarkable because it’s
straightforward and lacks sentimentality. © Copyright 2012 The
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