One more post, on one broken leg.

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(09-15-2013 09:15 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Scroll down to about the fourth paragraph.

http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=450/

I'm sorry, I respect Michael Kauffman and his book "American Brutus", but that excerpt from his book includes a lot of fictional embellishments that were added to create a particular narrative to support his hypothesis. Certain elements are true but interwoven in the drama are elements the reader (including the author of the article) might accept as facts but are simply the creation of his own imagination as to what happened. Much like Booth's diary account; it's mostly true but deceptively embellished.

I believe Mr. Kauffman's first mistake is that he equates a broken fibula with a "broken leg" with a crippling injury. A broken fibula is a broken leg bone but in many cases it is not a crippling injury.