Conspirators

[RJNorton]

Thanks, Susan. I had it backwards.

Nevertheless, Weichmann seems to really have wanted to avoid the draft if John Brophy is to be believed. Brophy claimed, "That he (Weichmann) went away to shun the draft, and told me so himself, saying he would never fight for the Northern side, and saying also, that if drafted he would 'pocket his share of the club money' and clear out."

(I believe Weichmann disavowed most, if not all, of Brophy's claims; Brophy made a series of claims in support of Mary Surratt's innocence).