In the meantime, if you want to add chocolate to your diet, do so in moderation. Why? Most commercial chocolate has ingredients that add fat, sugar and calories. And too much can contribute to weight gain, a risk factor for high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. On the other hand, cocoa itself, unlike chocolate, is low in sugar and fat while offering potential health benefits.
The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.
The bed where Abraham Lincoln died. After being shot Lincoln was carried across the street and was laid out in this bed. The bed is only about six feet long and Lincoln had to be laid diagonally to fit in it. On the morning of April 15th 1865 Surgeon General Barnes stood by this bed.