Was there an assassin on Grant's train?

[Gene C]

Regarding your post # 65 , it's interesting Laurie, but that still doesn't answer the question regarding examples of John's humanity or redeeming qualities.
I would think he had some, but no one yet seems to know what they are or has mentioned any examples of them.
Very few people during the civil war made plans to capture or kill government leaders. Or if they made plans, they kept them inside their heads as day dreams.

I think if Mary Surratt could look back, she wouldn't be all that excited about her legacy, her role in history, and the damage it did to her family, because of her association with Booth. Sam Arnold wasn't.

The Civil War certainly changed peoples lives, but they didn't respond the way Booth, Paine and Surratt did.
Surratt was no typical teenager. Neither are the young people who offer their service to ISIS and groups like that.