Identification of Booth's body

[RJNorton]

(12-11-2018 11:25 AM)L Verge Wrote:  My point is that Mr. Griffith is starting to make Booth's escape sound like a joy ride

IMO, Dave Taylor's reenactment gives a strong sense that it was not a pleasurable experience in the woods. And Dave didn't have the actual pain of a broken fibula.

(12-11-2018 11:25 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Either Bainbridge or Ruggles did later make a statement about the seriousness of Booth's leg injury, making it sound like gangrene had set in and words to the effect that the injury might have soon killed him if the bullet had not. If that CSA soldier was correct, Booth had to be in agony.

Here are Ruggles' words describing the appearance of the leg:

"I noticed that his wounded leg was greatly swollen, inflamed, and dark, as from bruised blood, while it seemed to have been wretchedly dressed, the splints being simply pasteboard rudely tied about it. That he suffered intense pain all the time there was no doubt, though he tried to conceal his agony, both physical and mental."