Was Stanton a murder target?

[RJNorton]

Personally, I think the idea that it was Michael at Stanton's door is pure speculation - even at that time when the U.S. government was trying to pin anything and everything on the Confederacy.

I am beginning to agree with you, Laurie. I was on the fence, but if O'Laughlen were definitely not an assassin, I wonder why he would be sent to scout Stanton and Grant. This is not the same as Powell's scouting at Seward's IMO.