Identification of Booth's body

[L Verge]

Mr. Griffith - " For that matter, as Dr. Arnold points out, it is hard to fathom why he would have gone there in the first place instead of continuing to head toward safer territory." First, I would counter that the fugitives had managed to evade those search parties for ten days. Perhaps they were so tired that they let their guards down. Also, the Garretts were the first people in Virginia that actually offered them some hospitality, they had received no reports of troops crossing into Virginia on their trail, let's buy some time for R&R?

Also, what in the world makes you and Dr. Arnold think that they would have been safer to keep going south? Richmond was in easy distance, but occupied by the Union. Major forces were gathering with Joe Johnston to try and stop Sherman's forces that were heading north (and it all ended in nearby North Carolina). Most of the rail lines were under the control of Union forces, and the chances of finding a brave privateer hiding in an inlet to the Atlantic Ocean who was willing to try running them south were pretty slim. I would vote for making a run for Texas and Mexico, but that was a long journey that would end in an area where fighting was still going on -- remember the Trans-Mississippi campaign?

Use common sense and logic, sir.