Which door did Booth enter?

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Quote:...If Booth entered from Box 8 and made his way to the President who was leaning forward and looking down at the audience on the left and fired behind the left ear one would expect a lot of damage to the inside of the skull on the left side of the head...

I believe the entry wound was behind the left ear. Entry wounds are typically small and depend on the caliber of the projectile. For Lincoln, this was a small round hole. I assume this is what you'd expect from a round projectile fired at close range from the derringer. There was no exit wound as the bullet travelled across the midline of the brain and lodged behind the right eye. Most of the outward signs of the injury were displayed as swelling and discoloration of the right eye.

If Lincoln is leaning forward and looking down and to his left, his left ear would be exposed to the assassin who was approaching from behind and to the right.

It goes against every depiction I've seen or heard of the assassination until now. Every re-enactment and image show Booth approaching from behind left (from door to box 7) with Lincoln looking forward toward the stage. Kauffman challenges this ingrained assumption.