Lincoln and Ann Rutledge

[L Verge]

Did Mary Todd Lincoln's behavior seriously affect or change our nation's (or even Lincoln's) future?

Does anyone think that the Grants would have gone to Ford's on April 14th if not for the incident at City Point that David Lockmiller refers to in an earlier post? And if the Grants did go, would that have changed Booth's plans?

I believe that the Grants' overriding desire was to see their children - not attend a rather old comedy - and to find some down time for the General. Mrs. Grant's disdain for what she had observed of Mrs. Lincoln's behavior at City Point was probably genuine, but generals' wives don't override Presidential invitations.

I don't think Booth would have changed his plans, but I believe that he would have been unable to carry them out if Grant arrived at Ford's with his usual entourage.