Useless, useless

[Linda Anderson]

(03-12-2013 12:11 PM)My Name Is Kate Wrote:  Powell apparently recognized his actions as being murderous (violating the Warrior's Code), but I'm not sure Booth felt that way about his own actions.

I agree. Rev. Gillette reported that Powell felt remorse for his attack on the Seward family although he considered it was his duty to kill Seward. He also felt remorse for implicating Mrs. Surratt by showing up at her boarding house on the evening of April 17. At the end he thought of his family, especially his mother and the grief she would suffer.

Booth, on the other hand, seems to be thinking only of himself at his end. I can just imagine his poor mother's response when she heard that he had said, "Tell mother I died for my country."