... was openly involved in Lincoln's death. It assumed that Stanton was against Lincoln's serene Reconstruction policies and wanted him out of office so more radical Reconstructionist policies could be made. Ulysses S. Grant was expected to attend the play along with President Lincoln on the day of the assassination. Eisenschiml claimed that had Grant attend, the military guards who protected him would ... ...

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