Booth's field glass

[L Verge]

If I were Booth, I would have headed south because the war was still going on, the cities and towns were in chaos, and he could just join the ranks of unknowns wandering around in an area where it would have been nearly impossible to locate him or identify him. The Yanks were more interested in finding Jefferson Davis in that region - and look how long it took them to get him. As for Judah Benjamin (who I still want to make the mastermind behind everything), he managed to leave the country with ease.

If I were Booth, I would have bet that the authorities would go looking for my family, and they were in Philadelphia and points north. To me, I would assume that the authorities would assume that I was heading for Canada and asylum - so I'd go the other way.