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A question, what if for some reason Robert E Lee had been in Washington the week of the Ford’s Theatre production of Our American Cousin, President Lincoln had invited the former Confederate general to the play with him and his wife, where Lee manages to save President's life at the cost of being fatally wounded. Booth may or may not have managed to escape, which could have interesting effects either way.

How would this effect the American politics and history? Well besides make the Lee mythos even larger then it is in real life.
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