What Was The Role of David Herold

[RJNorton]

Dennis, I wondered about that, too. I am guessing it was a reference to Dr. Lewis McMillan's testimony at the John Surratt trial in 1867. McMillan had been aboard the ship that took Surratt to Liverpool in September 1865. McMillan testified that Surratt told him that he and a female cohort (probably Sarah Slater) had shot five or six Union soldiers. Surratt apparently told McMillan that the woman said, "Let's shoot the damned Yankees," and they did so.

See the paragraph that starts with "I remember of Surratt telling me" here:

https://courier-journal.newspapers.com/c...4-02-july/

Maybe John Fazio will see this thread and chime in.