Tag: Boston Corbett

Sergeant Boston Corbett, photographed by Matthew Brady
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Thomas P. “Boston” Corbett

Born Thomas P. Corbett, Boston Corbett is known for killing John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin. Less known is that he lived in Camden, NJ.

Sergeant Boston Corbett, photographed by Matthew Brady
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Abraham Lincoln and Boston Corbett (Digital Book)

A digitally scanned book called “Abraham Lincoln and Boston Corbett”

Catholic Stained Glass Stock Photo
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Religious History of Camden

The religious history of Camden, NJ, from George Reeser Prowell’s History of Camden County, New Jersey, 1886

Abraham Lincoln - Stock Photo
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Camden, NJ, Abraham Lincoln Lore

Honest Abe almost lost Camden City in 1864: 3332 to 2758 votes for McClellan.

Boston Corbett, a religious fanatic, shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, and got away with it.
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The Lincoln Assassin Mystery

He shot and killed the Abraham Lincoln assassin. He was arrested. His sanity became a question.

Sergeant Boston Corbett, photographed by Matthew Brady
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Mad Hatter

The year was 1870 at 308 Mechanic Street. Camden, NJ. The occupant of the house was a mad hatter — a man who shot the man who shot Abraham Lincoln.

Camden Man Shot Lincoln's Slayer. Boston Corbett, Who Killed Wilkes Booth, Remembered by Many Old Residents of the City.
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Camden Man Shot Lincoln’s Slayer

Philadelphia Inquirer – February 13, 1903

Boston Corbett, Who Killed Wilkes Booth, Remembered by Many Old Residents of the City.

Sergeant Boston Corbett
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Harper’s Weekly Excerpt

This is a half-page excerpt of a multi-page article about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, published in Harper’s Weekly. I

Sergeant Boston Corbett, photographed by Matthew Brady
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First Lieutenant Doherty’s Report

“Sergt. Boston Corbett, Company L, Sixteenth New York Cavalry asked permission to enter the barn alone, which I refused. Booth all this time was very defiant and refused to surrender.”