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Little Known Civil War Fact [message #54202]

Sat, 12 February 2005 15:41

elektratig
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I've been reading voraciously about the US Civil War for the past six months or so. Yesterday, I stumbled across the following nugget: but for the fact that U.S. Grant's wife detested Lincoln's wife, Grant would have been sitting with Lincoln at the theater the night Lincoln was shot.

After accepting Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Grant returned to Washington. Lincoln invited the Grants to accompany him and his wife to the theater. Mrs. Grant confessed to her husband that she detested Mrs. Lincoln, who had been rude and condescending to her on previous occasions, and refused to go. Grant begged off, and the couple left for their house in Burlington, NJ.

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		Little Known Civil War Fact By: elektratig on Sat, 12 February 2005 15:41
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: Manualblock on Sat, 12 February 2005 17:14
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: elektratig on Sun, 13 February 2005 18:40
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: Manualblock on Mon, 14 February 2005 06:22
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: elektratig on Mon, 14 February 2005 07:57
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: Manualblock on Mon, 14 February 2005 09:22
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: elektratig on Mon, 14 February 2005 17:49
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: Manualblock on Mon, 14 February 2005 18:18
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: elektratig on Mon, 14 February 2005 21:16
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: Manualblock on Tue, 15 February 2005 18:31
		Re: Little Known Civil War Fact By: elektratig on Tue, 15 February 2005 21:39
		Yank, Tip your hat to the Stars and Bars By: colinhester on Mon, 14 February 2005 12:16

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