The Mudd family, David Herold and the Sothorons.

[Laurie Verge]

Stephen,

Be careful of the T.B. Peterson book done in 1865. It was one of those that publishers rushed into production in order to satisfy the public's curiosity. In regards to David Herold, he was born in D.C. in what was then a Herold residence near the corner of 11th and H in southeast. The family then moved closer to the Navy Yard to a house on 8th Street.

Also, his education at Rittenhouse Academy and Georgetown is well-documented. I believe I'm correct that Charlotte Hall School was quick to refute the claim that either he or Surratt attended that school.

I have not read Come Retribution for twenty years, but it may be in that book that Conrad is said to have stated that, on September 15, 1864, Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon ordered Mosby and Charles Cawood of the Confederate Signal Corps on the Potomac to "aid and facilitate" movements for Conrad in his kidnap plans for Lincoln. Those plans were abandoned shortly thereafter when Lincoln was observed leaving the White House for the Soldiers' Home with a cavalry escort.

One of the men who went across the Rappahannock with Booth and Herold was Lt. Mortimer Ruggles. Ruggles supposedly had been second in command under Conrad.