The Legend Of John Wilkes Booth

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Many thanks to Blaine for sending this information regarding the bullet that killed John Wilkes Booth. Blaine writes, "Here's a letter to Richard Sloan that I found in Dr. Richard Mudd's files, suggesting that it wasn't caused by Booth's carbine (meaning suicide) or a carbine outside the tobacco barn."

Thank you, Blaine. And once again, a medical expert arrives at the same conclusion that historical experts have for a hundred years. Can we stop the speculation now?

BTW: Many people do not realize that the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology is called on to make many medical determinations when "civilian" pathologists cannot make clear decisions. It is not strictly a military facility. I learned this the hard way.