Escape speculations

[BettyO]

Quote:Call me an optimist, but I still think that Booth's men planned on going in different directions when they left the city -- Booth heading south with Herold's help in getting him across the river, Powell heading to Baltimore for help from the Bransons, and Atzerodt probably planning on slinking back to Port Tobacco when the coast was clear.

Agreed! Booth was apparently trying to make it to Ashland, VA. If he could catch a train (although doubtful as the rail lines were pretty torn up) or carriage there, he could have made it perhaps to Norfolk, VA where he could catch a ship to either Cuba, Mexico or even Europe. JMO.....