[Lee'sGhost]

I wonder at the balls or the stupidity of the man who stole Grant’s sword. I wonder if he realized when pilfering it if that it was Grant’s? And if so, what he thought he would do with it...show it off to his friends...who would then beat hell out of him for stealing Gran’s sword. Now THAT would be an interesting historical anecdote.

[KarlInOhio]

From Dr. Jones’ version it sounds like Grant’s sword was just packed away because he didn’t wear it every day, not stolen. He didn’t have time to have it found.

[rockrr]

I wasn't aware that Grant's sword was pilfered. I wonder if it was the one pictured below?

Picture of Lee's sword - truly a thing of beauty:

By contrast Grants sword (as presented to him) was sorta awkward in its embellishments and (to me) ostentatious:

[DoodleDawg]

I wonder at the balls or the stupidity of the man who stole Grant’s sword. I wonder if he realized when pilfering it if that it was Grant’s? And if so, what he thought he would do with it...show it off to his friends...who would then beat hell out of him for stealing Gran’s sword. Now THAT would be an interesting historical anecdote.

The account said, "All that was said about swords was that Gen. Grant apologized to me for not wearing his own sword, saying it had been taken off in his baggage, and he had been unable to get it in time." I read that to mean that the sword was with Grant's personal baggage and Grant had not had a chance to retrieve it in time, not that it was stolen.