Booth escape route north

[Rhatkinson]

Jerry,

Thanks for the reply. I wasn't sure who originated the theory, so my apologies.

What I wonder though is what kept Booth from continuing to Baltimore after the detour to Dr. Mudd's? He was only there one day. Was that time period so long such that it made getting to Baltimore impossible (perhaps due to the flood of soldiers he knew would be after him by Saturday night?)

There were soldiers to the south and the north. It just seems that if he thought his best chance to escape was to go north, then he would have taken his chances and continued on to Baltimore.

Thanks,
Heath