Charles Guiteau Pistol

[J. Beckert]

As is the coverlet under which Lincoln died. It vanished in 1909, after being displayed for the anniversary of his birth. What bothers me about these things is that they may be in the hands of someone who has no idea of their historical significance.
About 30 years ago, a co-worker went to the home of an elderly woman who showed him a horse blanket with blood on it. She stated a relative was part of the recovery/burial detail at the scene of the Battle of The Little Big Horn where Custer and his men perished. She said the blanket was Custer's. When she died about 20 years ago, most of the contents of her home were heaved into a dumpster.