Booth's Escape Route

[Rob Wick]

I guess if someone could actually prove that Booth and Powell were agents of the Confederate government on a mission to take the Union leadership out, then one might be able to make a case like that Joe. However, all I've seen is personal belief and very little evidence that such a plot existed. The war was over when Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. With the exception of Jefferson Davis, who was busy running from one point to another, Lee on down believed the war to be over. The north certainly held that point of view. Assassination at that time was not recognized as a legitimate act of war. As I've stated before, had Lincoln been kidnapped by the Confederacy while hostilities were going on, that's a whole different question. But he wasn't. Moral issues certainly do apply here.

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Rob