Boston Corbett

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American Civil War veteran Union Army soldier person

Boston Corbett was a Union Army sergeant best known for fatally shooting John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War veteran → Union Army soldier → person →
allegiance	United States of America →
associatedWith	assassination of Abraham Lincoln →
awarded	portion of the reward for capture of John Wilkes Booth →
birthName	Thomas P. Corbett →
capturedBy	Confederate States Army →
causeOfDeath	fire →
citizenship	United States of America →
contemporaryReputation	controversial for disobeying orders not to shoot Booth →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1832-01-29 →
dateOfDeath	circa 1894 →
disappeared	after 1894 →
dismissedFromPosition	Kansas House of Representatives doorkeeper →
emigratedTo	United States of America →
ethnicity	English-American →
eventParticipatedIn	manhunt for John Wilkes Booth →
eyeColor	blue →
givenName	Thomas →
hairColor	dark →
hasUnknown	exact date of death →
heldAt	Andersonville prison →
killed	John Wilkes Booth →
knownFor	fanatical religious behavior →
laterLivedIn	a cabin near Neodesha, Kansas → a soldiers’ home in Minnesota →
mentalHealth	reported mental instability →
militaryBranch	Union Army →
militaryRank	sergeant →
nickname	Boston →
notableEvent	self-castration for religious reasons →
notableFor	fatally shooting John Wilkes Booth →
occupation	hatter →
participatedIn	Battle of Gettysburg (as part of broader campaigns, attribution sometimes disputed) →
placeOfBirth	London →
placeOfDeath	Minnesota →
postWarOccupation	doorkeeper for the Kansas House of Representatives →
postWarResidence	Kansas → Minnesota →
reasonForDismissal	brandishing a weapon in the Kansas Statehouse →
releasedFrom	Andersonville prison →
religion	Methodism →
religiousPractice	street preaching →
servedIn	American Civil War →
unit	16th New York Cavalry Regiment →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States →	eventParticipant
John Wilkes Booth →	killedBy