Herold and Surratt

[John Fazio]

(11-08-2013 11:26 PM)Gene C Wrote:  John, I've got to agree with you. Why else would Booth go to Canada, but to get the approval and cooperation of the Confederate Secret Service.

Question, we know who some of the ringleaders of the Secret Service were in Canada. Who were the head guy's of the Secret Service in Richmond? Why is Benjamin in Canada instead of Richmond, is it for better access to foreign dignitaries?

Gene:

I am not sure. Rains comes to mind as the head of the Torpedo Bureau, but I am not sure about the others, apart from Thomas Harney, about whom it was said that wherever he went, Union casualties were the result. Major agents included Thomas Nelson Conrad, "Wat" Bowie, Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow and Thomas Harbin, among others, And then there was always Mosby, who worked closely with the Secret Service. Davis, Benjamin and Seddon made all the major decisions, but Seddon retired from public life and was replaced by Breckenridge on or about February 1, 1865.

Sorry I cannot be more helpful.

John