Thomas F. Harney

[SSlater]

Thanks Roger. That also provided a chance to "visit" with Jane and David. But as usual - the information was "constructed". In plain English - it was wrong. 1. Harney and Summers never made it to the Potomac (and that flimsy footbridge). 2 Four people were captured. not just two. (I'm hunting for the names of the other two.)
I'm accumulating more info every day, some good, some so-so. I didn't know that Harney was incarcerated in Alexandria jail first, then transferred to Old Capitol.
PS. Dynamite was not invented until 1867, so they had to rely on Gun Powder. Gun Powder burns slowly in the open. It has to be "Contained" to explode. so, a keg of gunpowder is not much power.
Compare blowing up the White House to the "Crater". That took TONS of gun powder. These guys could never have snuck in and lite a bomb - that would destroy the White House. They had something else in mind but WHAT? There is a story here, but we don't know it.