1. Henry Reed Rathbone was a United States military officer and lawyer who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln; Rathbone and his fiance Clara Harris were sitting with Lincoln and Lincoln's wife Mary Todd Lincoln when the president was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre.
When Rathbone attempted to apprehend Booth, Booth stabbed and seriously wounded him.
Henry Rathbone studied law at Union College, where he was known to miss many classes, and worked in a law partnership in Albany.
Henry Rathbone entered the Union Army at the start of the American Civil War and served as a captain in the 12th Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Fredericksburg.
When he resigned from the military in 1870, Henry Rathbone had risen to the rank of brevet colonel.
Henry Rathbone was horrified at the anger on Booth's face, as Booth wrestled himself away, dropped the pistol and drew a dagger, and attempted to stab Henry Rathbone in the chest.
Henry Rathbone parried the blow by raising his arms and Booth slashed Henry Rathbone's left arm from the elbow to his shoulder.
Henry Rathbone rushed to the door of the box for the purpose of calling medical aid.
When surgeon Charles Leale, who had been attending Lincoln, finally examined Henry Rathbone, it was realized that his wound was more serious than initially thought.
Henry Rathbone became convinced that Harris was unfaithful and resented the attention she paid their children.
Henry Rathbone reportedly threatened her on several occasions after suspecting that she was going to divorce him and take the children.
Henry Rathbone fatally shot and stabbed his wife, who was attempting to protect the children.
Henry Rathbone stabbed himself five times in the chest in an attempted suicide.
Henry Rathbone was charged with murder, but was declared insane by doctors after he blamed the murder on an intruder.
Henry Rathbone was convicted and committed to an asylum for the criminally insane in Hildesheim, Germany.
Henry Rathbone died on August 14,1911, and was buried next to his wife at the Stadtfriedhof Engesohde cemetery in Hanover, Germany.