What are his sources? The reason I ask is that it seems highly unlikely that Julia Grant would visit her husband at his encampment at Petersburg and bring a hired girl with her, as was documented, and then show up at Richmond accompanied by slaves a few months later. It also brings up the question how Julia Grant was able to do that since Missouri outlawed slave ownership in January 1865 through an amendment to the state Constitution, and Julia Grant's chattel would certainly be included in that. And why would Julia retain ownership of her slaves anyway, when Missouri records indicate that her father freed all his slaves in January or February of 1863? How do you explain all that? Or rather, how does Roy Blount explain all that?