what was his job on grant's staff, and what happened to except robert flincoln? you never hear about him other than the time he fell in front of the train, a booth brother saved him. is there any literature on him? any way to know what happened to that man? >> sure. help the best lincoln biographies outox was there follow up the story. lincoln's role was not a major it one. he was a soldier who came to thent war late, important symbolically perhaps, what i mposit would like to say about the composition of the entourages is that you have in grant's entourage a large number of right hand men, these are hids rtan aids tot camp, most important generals, and they are there to moment bear witness to the surrender in this moment, interesting moment for them.confli they gave us perspective on whatby r happens there that conflicts with each other. we don't have a detaileding the diffe from robert lincoln, but by others, and they differ in their interpretations of what e at thi happened. officers feel lee at this moment of surrender was capable of corgility. on lee's side,