What Was The Role of David Herold

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(02-02-2013 08:03 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  [But lets say that Fletcher was 100% correct. Why would he not be allowed to return till morning? Because even if he made an exception for Fletcher, Cobb knew that the guards at the other end of the bridge would enforce the rules of no pass, no entry. I see it as stronger evidence that the rules were being enforced.

Perhaps they were relaxed on allowing traffic out of Washington but still strictly not letting anyone into Washington. That was the impression I got with my limited reading of the escape.

It makes sense to me that after Richmond fell, given the daily late-night celebrations, they would be more relaxed on letting traffic pass from Washington into Maryland after curfue. But it also makes sense to me that they would continue to be strict on not allowing traffic back into Washington given the context of the war. Traffic into Washington was the real threat at that time.