Was there an assassin on Grant's train?

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John,

I understand your interest in my great-grandparents' correspondence, but I will not share them in their entirety with anyone else because only bits and pieces pertain to general Civil War history. I consider them private.

Just as an aside, my mother had a fear of having written family memories and memorabilia leaving the family. Many years ago (when she was about 70 - died at 94), she went to her aunt's estate auction and found her baby picture among the items for sale. She "stole" it from the table and went to her cousin in charge and offered to buy it, which was fine. I was also with her at a large antique show when she recognized a baby's cup from that same estate. There's a sad story behind it that I won't go into, but it brought my mom to tears, and I bought the cup. She also kept correspondence from my father that he sent to her while they were apart during WWII and the Korean conflict. She specifically asked me to burn them upon her death.

Although we are friends, some things are sacred...