Grant and Lincoln's invitation

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EVA,
When I checked Roger’s site this morning I saw two posts from you, now disappeared. However, I want to react on both.

#1. Your post about my remarks about the exact position of Grant and the function of General-in-Chief. Here’s my response:

Thank you for your kind words.
BTW, in modern times there exist in the US also a "five-star general". This is the rank of General of the Army, established in 1944. It was created to give the most senior American commanders parity of rank with their British counterparts holding the ranks of Field Marshal (this was a rank above that of general). As you probably knows the German equivalent was until 1945 the rank of Generaloberst. The five-star-rank exists only in a minority of countries and is usually held by only a very few officers during wartime. In times of peace, it is usually held only as an honorary rank.

General Grant was in 1866 promoted to the rank of General of the Army, and wore in that rank four stars. The modern four-star rank in the US is that of General. There is one rank considered senior to General of the Army, and that is the General of the Armies. George Washington was posthumously promoted to that rank in 1976. The rank is not active in the U.S. military.

#2 Your post about your research in which you summed up 18 accounts re. People who came to Ford’s and why they came in the first place. Can you please repost this? And you said that you were not feeling too well, catching a cold. Here’s my response:

Great work Eva! Hope you are feeling better now! See it as the first signals of the beginning of the cold season. So, go green! Eating plenty of leafy green veg can boost your immune system. And switch C for D. I appreciate very much your research. My conclusion so far is that the theatre was crowded, that people came in the first place for Grant and that a lot of people were in good mood that Friday because the war was ended and the people were willing to come out of their homes. Did Lincoln proclaim Good Friday April 14, 1865 as a day of jubilation and triumph??? I remember once reading this, but can’t recall where. Maybe someone else knows this.