Where did Booth break his leg?

[Jim Garrett]

Josh, Great to see you posting. This is an arguement that goes round and round. In the book on the eyewitness account, none of the contemporary accounts mentions Booth breaking a leg, limping, etc. Most accounts that describe him walking across the stage describe him strutting or walking with purpose. The closest is an account saying Booth landed on the stage on all fours.

Booth shows up with dirt on him and he and Herold had switched horses. Booth's orginal horse, now being ridden by Herold, had dirt on the same side as Booth had dirt.

Some people think that the leap from the box may have caused a hairlins fracture that was possibly completed in a fall between the Navy Yard bridge and the Surratt Tavern.

Great to meet you and Heath this past Friday. Keep on posting.