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  • Boston Corbett
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  • Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett (1832 – presumed dead 1894) was an American Union Army soldier who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He disappeared after 1888, but circumstantial evidence suggests that he died in the Great Hinckley Fire in 1894, although this remains impossible to substantiate.
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Birth Date
  • 1832
death place
  • Minnesota, USA
  • near Hinckley, Pine County
Name
  • Boston Corbett
Caption
  • Boston Corbett
Birth Place
  • London, England
Cause of Death
  • Possible victim of Great Hinckley Fire
death date
  • 1894-09-01
Occupation
  • Union Army sergeant, hatter
Known For
  • Killer of Abraham Lincoln's assassin
Birth name
  • Thomas P. Corbett
Signature
  • Boston Corbett signature.svg
Nationality
  • British
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  • Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett (1832 – presumed dead 1894) was an American Union Army soldier who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He disappeared after 1888, but circumstantial evidence suggests that he died in the Great Hinckley Fire in 1894, although this remains impossible to substantiate.