Herold and Surratt

[SSlater]

Train Schedules. The train schedule that I provided in another Post was the schedule for Spies to reach Montreal - beginning in the AM. The schedule discussed here would have been for a late afternoon departure. (I do not know the exact time Grant left D.C.) I have a schedules that shows trains leaving at 14:00 and 16:30. (No more after that, that would put you in Philly the same day) These are B&O Trains. In Baltimore you transfer to P. W. & B (Philadelphia, Wilmington and Philadelphia RR) . The transfer through Baltimore, is by horses attached to the cars. Then starts lay-overs, river crossings (by ferry boats,) and not exactly the same routes. The two trains eventually become one train and arrives Philly at 22:01. (That's time is to be laughed at. "Schedules" are not to be taken seriously. From all that I can read, the schedule is approximate, but is NEVER early.

From Grant's book, I read that the Army met his train and provided Ambulances for his use in getting to the Delaware River. I can make a SWAG, that the Army arranged for him to cross the river, immediately. (I was not aware that he remained in Philly overnight. I was of the opinion that he reached his children that night.)

Also consider, that the Train Schedules may have become scrambled, when the Assassination news was announced, and not one of us is correct. In summary, I can't confront the schedule given by Jim Bishop