FYI on Stringfellow

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(06-09-2017 10:49 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(06-09-2017 10:42 AM)L Verge Wrote:  That said, does anyone remember the date of the mysterious man (very likely Stringfellow) being led out of D.C. and into Southern Maryland with the assistance of (again, very likely) Mrs. Surratt? Would that help pinpoint anything?

Laurie, Art Loux has this happening on April 1.

The escapee on April 1 was Stringfellow. The proof here is the fact that he was Captured on the "Secret Line", imprisoned and escaped again. He went on down to the Potomac and Thomas Jones put him across.

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It appears that everyone participating in this theme is in agreement. The topic is too big to be run alone. Thanx all!

Here is what we have now. By early March 1865, the South was fully aware that they were losing the War and needed some sort of a drastic event to alter that event. The Army could not do it, so they needed to destroy the leadership. Several different acts were brought up. One was attributed to Booth. He was going to capture Lincoln and carry him South, and a Peace Treaty negotiated. This was his attempt to get Lincoln on March 17th. That failed! That was a "SWEET" Plan.(grab Lincoln, negotiate a Peace, Lincoln goes home - no one gets hurt)
Also beginning in early March there were plans by others to kill Lincoln. We don't know whether or not Davis conceived the idea to "Blow up the White House," or he heard it from someone else. Anyway, he sent Stringfellow to Washington work out the details. As we know he did just that. It was a complex plan that needed the Explosive people, the Army (Mosby), and probably the "New York Mob".
Even though Booth's plan failed, he was their "boots on the ground" in Washington. He had to be a participant in in all the plans. This is why Booth made his many trips to New York and other places.
All went well until Harney was captured. The plan came to a halt, but the "clock was running" on the Life of the Confederacy. There wasn't time to drop back and develop a new plan, they would live or die on this Plan. Booth jumped in to kill Lincoln, as the other plan would have done. He shot Lincoln . Amen!
Could I interest you in another "Save the South" plan? This is never discussed, but Gen. E. G. Lee was entrusted with a new plan - in Canada- to gather up Prison Escapees, and organize an Army and cross into the U.S. and fight their way south. Want to discuss this in aa separate Post?