Thomas F. Harney

[SSlater]

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.