Booth escape route north

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The authorities would soon find out about his activities in the oil region and look for him there, IMO. And what was going to keep him occupied while in hiding? Where were his accolades coming from? Certainly not from people in that hinterland.

And let's consider the issue of accolades -- where did Booth expect to get praise for what he had done? The South. Why head anywhere else with an ego and expectations such as his?