Identification of Booth's body

[Steve]

This is not to mention the forensic evidence that the bullet was a rifle bullet, not a pistol bullet.

Mike, could you elaborate on this point? Specifically, what evidence leads to that conclusion. Is there an article/book that makes this argument that we can check out?

Also, I'd be curious to hear what you believe happened to Booth if he wasn't killed at Garrett's farm. What evidence do you have that Booth was alive in the years after 1865? It's an important question that I don't think has come up in this thread. To even consider the possibility of a misidentification of the body after so many points of identification - scar, tattoo, broken leg, personal effects belonging to Booth, dental plug, Herold saying Booth was dead, etc.; there has to be some credible evidence that Booth was alive afterwards.