Henry Rathbone, a Major in the Union Army was with President Lincoln at the time of his assassination in Ford's theate.

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Henry Rathbone, a Major in the Union Army was with President Lincoln at the time of his assassination in Ford's theate. Despite being stabbed and slashed by John Wilkes Booth, he tried to apprehend the assassin and escorted Mary Lincoln to her husband, later passing out from blood loss. Amazing WTF Facts