[DOC] [TLE] ASSASSINATION! | American History Lives at American Heritage [PAR] The President was naked to the waist, but flung lopsidedly over his chest .... one 
in which Lincoln rode to Ford's Theatre on the night of the assassination. .... had 
begged off, for one reason or another, and at the end there were just two 
acceptances. .... Ten minutes later he spotted a carriage with General and Mrs. 
Grant in it... [DOC] [TLE] The Haunted Major | American History Lives at American Heritage [PAR] Henry Rathbone shared Lincoln's box at Ford's Theatre; it destroyed his life as 
surely ... of the dress Clara Harris wore on the night of Abraham Lincoln's 
assassination. ... The reporter Noah Brooks was askedhe begged off by 
explaining he was ... The French Marquis de Chambrun wrote his wife that he 
had declined to go... [DOC] [TLE] The Night Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated | History | Smithsonian [PAR] Apr 8, 2015 ... As the father imparted his advice, Mary Lincoln's seamstress, .... The president 
invited Colfax to join him at the theater that night, but Colfax had too many 
commitments ... I suppose it's time to go, Lincoln told Colfax, though I would 
rather stay ... The entire family, except Will and Jenny, were therehis wife,... [DOC] [TLE] April 14-15, 1865: The tragic final hours of Abraham Lincoln | PBS ... [PAR] Apr 14, 2015 ... Mrs. Lincoln almost begged off, complaining of one of her all too ... that an 
evening of comedy was just the tonic he and his wife required. ... Henry 
Rathbone and his fiance, Clara Harris, to join them for a night at the theater. ... 
the president he was in a state of general paralysis, his eyes were ..... Go figure. [DOC] [TLE] The Death of President Lincoln, 1865 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] After the meeting broke up, Grant gave his regrets that he and his wife could no ... 
to go out at night, fearful that some rebel might try to shoot him in the street. ... 
Lincoln commented that he was feeling a bit tired himself, but he needed a ... 
While returning to pick up Mary, Crook "almost begged" Lincoln not to go to the 
theater. [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln's assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot - The ... [PAR] Mar 27, 2015 ... There were still Confederate forces in the field, but that would surely be mop-up 
... Lincoln told his wife, Mary, that the two of them, alone, without .... The Grants 
had actually begged off, choosing to travel to New ... the country, would go 
through seven editions Friday night and Saturday. ... Major-General Dix,. [DOC] [TLE] SIDEWALKS AND SIDESTREETS: Lincoln: An unprecedented murder [PAR] Apr 20, 2015 ... He'd promised his wife they'd go to the theater that night. ... her husband there to 
visit not just the city but General Grant, too. ... where Mary Lincoln wasn't, and 
they begged off, citing they were returning North to see their kids. [DOC] [TLE] President Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [PAR] He was so anxious to keep his commitment that he arrived the night before the 
dedication on a special train. ... Lincoln greeted them briefly but begged off 
speechmaking. ... An eyewitness recalled, "all about were traces of the fierce 
conflict. ... E.W. Andrews, the aide of a Union general, sat near the speakers' 
platform. [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln Assassination | HistoryNet [PAR] On the night of April 14, 1865, the Civil War all but overRobert E. Lee had ... 
announced that both the Lincolns and Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and 
his wife ... Robert Lincoln, the president's oldest son, likewise begged off; he'd 
arrived from ... He knew the statements were false and was attempting to conceal 
other... [DOC] [TLE] The Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators [PAR] Major Rathbone sprang up to grab the assassin, but Booth wrested himself away 
after ... On April 17, shortly after eleven at night, a team of military investigators 
again

Question: This general & his wife were supposed to go with the Lincolns that night but begged off
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant