Coffee with a Conspirator

[RJNorton]

I would want to talk to George Atzerodt. I would want to know what was in his mind during his "window of opportunity." Although the "traditional" account places that final meeting at the Herndon House at 8:00 P.M., Betty gives what to me is a very logical reason it could have occurred earlier. (Powell had checked out during the afternoon, and I believe Martha Murray never saw him again.)

So George actually may have had many hours to be a hero. Perhaps he never considered going to the authorities, but I would like to know exactly what was in his mind during the time he learned of Booth's plans for Lincoln and Seward and when the attacks actually happened. If we take George at his word, he didn't want anything to do with killing (only kidnappng), then did it even cross his mind that he had the power to alter history?