Did William Coggeshall Save Lincoln's Life?

[RJNorton]

John, I would be more inclined to believe the grenade story if I could find evidence of any of the other Lincoln-related claims made by Coggeshall. If he were really important enough to be invited to attend Cabinet meetings, wouldn't this be mentioned in at least one of the 15,000+ Abraham Lincoln books (not counting Koch's)?

Regarding the claim that Coggeshall said to Lincoln, "Come with me to Washington and I shall go safely"....the Fehrenbachers thought so little of Coggeshall's veracity that they did not even include him in their book Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln.