Henry Rathbone
Henry Reed Rathbone (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was a United States military officer and lawyer who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Rathbone was sitting by Lincoln when the president was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre; when Rathbone attempted to prevent Booth from fleeing, Booth stabbed and seriously wounded him. Rathbone's mental state deteriorated after the assassination, and in 1883, he fatally shot his wife, Clara Harris, in a fit of madness, later being declared insane by doctors and living the rest of his life in a lunatic asylum.
Henry Rathbone | |
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1865 Mathew Brady photograph of Rathbone | |
| Birth name | Henry Reed Rathbone |
| Born | July 1, 1837 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 1911 (aged 74) Hildesheim, Prussia, Germany |
| Buried | Stadtfriedhof Engesohde (disinterred in 1952) |
| Allegiance | United States (Union) |
| Service/ | U.S. Army (Union Army) |
| Years of service | 1861–1870 |
| Rank | Brevet colonel |
| Unit | 12th U.S. Infantry |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Henry Riggs Rathbone Gerald Lawrence Rathbone Clara Pauline Rathbone |
| Relations | Ira Harris (stepfather and father-in-law) |
| Other work | Attorney |
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