WHO Encouraged Booth To Kill Lincoln

[SSlater]

I don't have any "Quotes", "to quote". Most of this reply will be a "review of the facts"
The very beginning of Booth's activities were all PLANS TO ABDUCT LINCOLN. He would be held for a short term and released - when the South accomplished the release of prisoners. No one gets hurt and we all go home happy.

Except -the abduction plans all failed, and time became critical. All that was left was "to blow up the White House". This PLANNING included Booth. He knew that thee were no fences around "the lawn".

Booth became aware that Killing Lincoln was an accepted solution.
However, With the capture of Harney, that plan failed, so Booth made plans of his own -and he was ordered specifically NOT TO KILL LINCOLN.

During all of this, Booth was made aware of h0w critical the situation had become. There will be no Harney-plan, Thus in 2 days or less, he made a new plan, and shot Lincoln. Problem solved.