Identification of Booth's body

[RJNorton]

Warren, I wrote Dave Taylor about this, and Dave responded as follows:

"While the engraving from Baker's book looks more accurate in terms of the ship layout and decor, it wasn't published until later and is likely just an artist's rendering of the scene. I highly doubt any actual artist took down that particular engraving at the time. Rather, I think whoever drew it looked at the Harper's engraving and expanded upon that. The Harper's engraving, we have recently learned due to the auction, was done by Alexander Gardner in lieu of a photograph. While he gets some of the details of the ship incorrect, I'd trust his display of the men and layout more than the one from Baker's book. Still, it's likely Gardner reconstructed the scene from memory before giving it to the folks at Harper's."