He Served in Place of Abraham Lincoln

[Anita]

Maharbra, may I ask what motivated you to join the forum and what is it you want to to learn here? It appears from your posts that your motive is to pontificate about history and put forth conspiracy theories.

Lincoln's intentions in hiring a substitute were honorable and legal. You have cited no references to the contrary. You state Larner was a "crony" of Lincoln or his cabinet members. Where's the proof? That Larner was a Mason has nothing to do with the fact that Staples, with the consent of his father, willingly agreed to serve as Lincoln's substitute. And the fact that official military records can be misplaced or lost doesn't mean it's due to a conspiracy. If you research the enormity of the task involved in Civil War pension application processing (no computers and even with them records are lost!) you wouldn't find it surprising that records could have been lost.

Like Gene, I too am waiting for your response to Roger's post # 28.