Dave Taylor / Davey Herold Question

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I believe that Booth let Atzerodt think that Herold was assigned -- and maybe Herold was. I just don't think Herold intended to commit anything other than "aiding and abetting" Booth in getting to the Potomac River. I agree with Mike Kauffman's theory that Herold was assigned to be point man. Make sure Powell got into the Seward home, check on Atzerodt, and then head across the Navy Yard Bridge to rendezvous with Booth and lead him into Southern Maryland. Of any of them, Herold was the least likely to be a lost dog in D.C. He knew the plan and stuck to it.