Will the real Thomas F. Harney, PLEASE STAND UP!

[RJNorton]

John, thanks for posting that story. Very interesting!

John, I hate to be such a skeptic, but I still am not totally convinced that the Harney mission was as serious a threat as we are led to believe. I have some trouble imagining that the White House was so poorly guarded that explosives could be carried inside without attracting attention. If I recall correctly, no munitions were found with Harney (and party) when he was arrested. So perhaps they were secretly stored somewhere in Washington and Harney was to get them there? If true, wouldn't these have been discovered at some point (maybe after the war)? I don't recall reading that such discovery was ever made.(?) Despite what Atzerodt claimed in his "lost" confession I really wonder how serious this whole "Harney plan" actually was.