Booth's Escape Route

[J. Beckert]

Great point, Jerry, and as usual, nobody else thought of it. You actually live "outside the box", don't you? Great observation.

These attacks were indeed vicious, but attacks with the intent to end someone's life usually are. The objective is to take out the opposing side's leaders and as Laurie pointed out, the Yanks may have had it on their minds, too. Personal opinions and convictions about what is right and moral, don't really apply to situations like this, in a time of war. As Booth said, these were times when a brother tries to pierce a brother's heart. Would it have been more "sportin'" if Booth challenged Lincoln to a duel? Maybe, but the times were desperate and so were the folks that lived in them.