St. Peter's or Horsehead? Is the Stage Route the Answer?

[L Verge]

When one reads the statement made by Herold to Bingham on the 27th of April while on board the Montauk at the Navy Yard, he throws out many names of people in the areas around Surrattsville, Piscataway, Port Tobacco, and others -- even today, I can take you to where these people lived -- Burch, Edelen, Parker, Griffith, Gregory.

He had likely been hunting with most of these men as a child with his father or later on; but it's possible that he followed them and didn't really know the various routes once off the main roads. And, during their wanderings from Mudd's until reaching up with Swan, he and Booth were literally in the dark (after 9 pm at night). Even today (for me at least) the countryside takes on a different, somewhat confusing feel at night.