C&T Publications Eye On Fine Art Photography - October 2014 | Page 60

Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett
Thomas P. “Boston” Corbett was a Union soldier during the Civil War. He is also famous for being the man who killed John Wilkes
Booth in retaliation for his killing of President Abraham Lincoln. Thomas Corbett has long been presumed to have died in the fire.
His last known residence is believed to have been a forest settlement near Hinckley, and a "Thomas Corbett" is listed as one of the
fire's victims

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