A peek inside the Grants' Burlington home

[Lincoln Wonk]

I never knew that Grant had announced the assassination to his neighbors from his balcony. This is a fascinating story:
http://www2.philly.com/philly/business/r...81002.html

[RJNorton]

Wow, Kathy, thank you for posting. I never knew this, either.

[Rsmyth]

I am just finishing my first cup of coffee this morning so I may be incorrect...wasn't Grant informed about the assassination when his train stopped in Philly? I thought he turned around and went back to DC? But maybe he did escort Julia to Burlington.
BTW I visited this house (did not knock on the door) a few years ago. It sits just a few blocks from the downtown, main street that has train tracks running down the middle. Pretty convenient for travel back then.

[RJNorton]

Here is what Mike Kauffman writes in American Brutus. Grant was in Philadelphia in a restaurant when he received telegrams from Eckert and Dana informing him of the assassination.

"Grant did not want to create a stir, so he kept the news to himself. In a few minutes he handed the telegrams to his wife, and with hardly a word, they left for the Philadelphia-Camden ferry. From there, they continued to Burlington that night, and arrangements were put in place for the general's return from there."

[Rsmyth]

Thanks for the update Roger. So the balcony speech is plausible.