Henry Rathbone (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Henry Reed Rathbone (July 1, 1837 - August 14, 1911) was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Rathbone was sitting with his fianc e, Clara Harris, next to the President and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, when John Wilkes Booth entered the president's box at Ford's Theatre and fatally shot Lincoln. When Rathbone attempted to prevent Booth from fleeing the scene, Booth stabbed and seriously wounded him.