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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Boston_CorbettBoston Corbett - Wikipedia

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   Sergeant Thomas H. "Boston" Corbett (January 29, 1832 – disappeared c. May 26, 1888) was an English-born American soldier and milliner who killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln on April 26, 1865.

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3. www.washingtonian.com › 2015/04/12 › the-man-whoThe Insane Story of the Guy Who Killed the Guy Who Killed ...

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   Apr 12, 2015 · Boston Corbett was a Civil War soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in 1865. He claimed God commanded him to do it and later became a target of conspiracy theories and vilification.

4. newenglandhistoricalsociety.com › boston-corbettBoston Corbett – The Mad Hatter who Killed John Wilkes Booth

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   Sep 2, 2016 · Learn about the life and death of Boston Corbett, the street preacher who shot and killed the assassin of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Discover his bizarre actions, mental problems, and mysterious disappearance after the war.

5. historycollection.com › lincolns-avenger-sad-lifeLincoln’s Avenger: The Sad Life of Boston Corbett, the Man ...

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   Learn about the life and death of Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Discover his religious fanaticism, his Civil War service, his imprisonment, and his tragic end.

6. screenrant.com › manhunt-boston-corbett-johnThe True Story Of Manhunt's Boston Corbett & His Role In John ...

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   Apr 5, 2024 · Boston Corbett was a Union soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, in a barn standoff. Learn about his life, mental illness, and mysterious disappearance after the Civil War.

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7. allthatsinteresting.com › boston-corbettHow Boston Corbett Became Known As 'Lincoln's Avenger'

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   Nov 4, 2020 · Learn about the life and legacy of Thomas \"Boston\" Corbett, the eccentric preacher and Union soldier who killed the assassin of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Discover how he became known as \"Lincoln's Avenger\" and what happened to his body after his death.

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   Who was Boston Corbett?

   • Scott Martelle who wrote the 2015 biography, "The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth" called Corbett "the closest to an average, everyday person...a regular, run-of-the-mill American—albeit a strange one—who did his job as a hatter, and then as a soldier".

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   Who was Thomas Corbett?

   • Thomas Corbett was born in London in 1832, but he gained his fame as Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth. As a young man, Corbett drank heavily. He then moved from New York to Boston and encountered Methodist reformers. They persuaded him to swear off alcohol and join the Methodist Church.

   Boston Corbett – The Mad Hatter who Killed John Wilkes Booth

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   Is Jack Ruby better than Boston Corbett?

   • It is a fair comment to suggest that Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassin, Jack Ruby, is far better than known than Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth; the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Even fewer people know what became of Corbett after his brief stint in the spotlight.…

   Lincoln’s Avenger: The Sad Life of Boston Corbett, the Man who Killed

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   How did Boston Corbett become Lincoln's Avenger?

   • That was all Corbett needed to see. He defied Washington’s orders and pulled the trigger. Booth fell to the ground, and hours later he was dead. Boston Corbett thus became Lincoln’s Avenger: the man who killed the man who killed the President. As positions of historical prominence go, it’s a rarefied one.

   The Insane Story of the Guy Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln

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9. www.kcur.org › show › up-to-dateThe Strange Life— And Kansas Connections— Of The Man Who ...

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   Apr 1, 2015 · Learn about the strange life and Kansas connections of Boston Corbett, who shot Lincoln's assassin in a tobacco barn. Hear from historian Scott Martelle, who wrote the first full-length biography of Corbett.