Assassination Trivia

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(11-04-2012 12:12 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I loved the little quip about Gibson making Grant stop smoking while at the Arsenal. However, it talks about Grant putting away his pipe. His love of fine cigars is certainly well-known. Did he like pipes also?

He originally was a pipe smoker, but when he captuired Fort Donelson in 1862, newspapers reported that the General smoked cigars.
People started sending him cigars, so he stopped using a pipe!