Thomas F. Harney

[John Fazio]

(07-23-2015 08:15 AM)HerbS Wrote:  The director of the Ontario County Historical Society[Canandaigua,NY] told me that the govt took the ledger from the hotel that John Surratt stayed in at Canandaigua,NY after the Lincoln Assassination!So that might explain why we can't prove his stay in Elmira and Canandaigua,NY!

Herb:

This came out at the trial of Surratt. The government, of course, denied any wrongdoing. Surratt's whereabouts on April 14 remain an enduring mystery.

John

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(07-22-2015 05:41 PM)SSlater Wrote:  To all that Post here. I am not contesting your opinions. (More Opinions - More Ideas.) so, that allows me an opinion.
Back when Booth, Conrad, and others, were looking for Lincoln along the dark pathways between the White House and the Soldier's Home, they were trying to "grab" Lincoln - alive and unhurt. Obviously, those plans did not consider "DECAPITATING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT."
The Confederacy needed "SOLDIERS" - lots of them - desperately - immediately. This led to several plans to "Free the Rebel Prisoners". Some think that this was the reason that Gen. E. G. Lee was sent to Canada. He was to lead an Army of freed prisoners, that would free other prisoners, who then would fight their way southward and squeeze Grant between them and Gen R. E. Lee.
I read books by the authors from that time period, and consider exactly what they wrote, they said KIDNAP. I don't say that the plans could not be changed, as the fighting worsened, but I will never buy into recent thoughts that KIDNAPPING WAS NEVER A CONSIDERATION.
I may be alone in my thoughts, but...... Now back to finding Harney.

John:

"...I will never buy into..." Never say never.

John