President Garfield was shot in a assassination ?
President Garfield was shot in a assassination attempt on July 2, 1881 and lingered until Sept. 19th, before dying. The details of his decline filled the papers to the very end, including scenes of his embalming (top illustration). Page from Frank Leslie
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