JWB Seduction Charge (Not Breach of Promise)

[L Verge]

Easy. He was performing in Richmond, left without telling the theatre manager and joined up with the Richmond Grays on their way to Charles Town where he observed the hanging. There are several stories about Booth obtaining some uniform clothes. I do not know if it was ever established if he joined the unit or was just a unit groupie. He did admire John Brown however.

Bingo! And I bet that someone connected to Pennsylvania saw a playbill or such that placed Booth in Richmond. I doubt that anyone from the Grays knew about his indiscretion.

Booth admired Brown for his holding firm, but not for what he did.