FW: GDG- "Loose Bolts Sink....."

[Dennis Lawrence]

Hello,

   Here we would disagree on what we can surmise based on what we  know.

There are many possibilities for his becoming an expatriate. Confederates 
of lesser rank became expatriates in Mexico as well.

I don't see how we lay the assumption of assassination as the cause at his 
feet without evidence of such.

Dennis


At 04:12 PM 12/17/2006, you wrote:
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>An afterthought to this situation is that the man directly responsible for a
>good deal of the Confederate secret service activity, including managing
>foreign agents, was Secretery of State Judah P. Benjamin.  When Richmond
>fell, Benjamin destroyed all of his records, then fled along with President
>Davis but separated from the presidential party and headed for the west
>coast of Florida.  Benjamin then left the country by boat as quickly as
>possible, and never returned after the war.  He was one of the few, if not
>the only, high-ranking Confederate official to do that.  One could surmise
>that his refusal to return to the United States could well have had a
>relationship to his responsibility for covert activity, and his fear of
>being directly linked to the assassination of Lincoln.
>
>Tom Ryan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Ryan [mailto:pennmardel at mchsi.com]
>Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:00 PM
>To: GDG
>Subject: RE: GDG- "Loose Bolts Sink....."
>
>
><<The Booth attempt was not a part of the Confederate government, and I
>would caution against putting too much stock into it.  The plot was
>supported by Southern sympathizers, but not  an attempt by the CSA.  As
>Booth wandered South after the assassination he found it difficult to find
>shelter as he was shunned by those Southerners - turned in by them.>>
>
>While there is no conclusive evidence that the Confederate government was
>plotting to assassinate President Lincoln, there is at least enough
>circumstantial evidence to not rule out the possibility.  The best case for
>Booth working directly for the Confederate government is made in "Come
>Retribution:  The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of
>Lincoln."  At the very least, Booth's objective was to kidnap the president.
>Ed Steers' books on the subject provide additional evidence of Booth being
>guided by Confedrate agents and a network of sympathizers.
>
>While proof of direct Confederate involvement has not as yet turned up, I do
>not think we can dismiss this possibility altogether -- unless there is
>evidence to that effect that I am not aware of.
>
>Tom Ryan
>
> 
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