Booth's Escape Route

[L Verge]

According to extensive studies done by Mr. Hall, Ed Steers, and others, Herold and Booth departed the Mudd House in the late afternoon of April 15, no doubt counting on the cover of night to continue their flight. This may account for them becoming a little disoriented a ways down the road and seeking help from Oswell Swann.

Herold and Mudd had set out earlier for Dr. Mudd's father's house (about a mile away) to see if they could borrow a conveyance. The answer was no - that it would be needed for Easter Sunday services. They then headed towards Bryantown, where Mudd was supposedly doing some shopping for the missus. Learning that there were troops in the village, Herold turned back. Mudd went on, did his shopping, took a leisurely ride back, stopping to talk to several other men, and then came home and pointed to the door.