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[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]. CORBETT, BOSTON, Sargeant, Union army, shot John Wilkes Booth. Bold signature on a slip, one page, an oblong, 64 x 195mm. (2 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.), the signature measuring 110mm. (4 5/16 in.) in length. Beneath, in an unknown hand is inscribed: "Sergt. Co. L 16th N.Y. Cavalry."
Corbett was one of a party of Union soldiers who cornered Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia, in the early hours of 26 April 1865. Booth refused to surrender and the soldiers set the barn afire. Booth was fatally shot and died a few hours later. According to some accounts, Corbett shot Booth fatally through a crack in the wall; others dispute this version of events (see William Hanchett, The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies, 1986, pp.134 & 169.)
Corbett was one of a party of Union soldiers who cornered Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia, in the early hours of 26 April 1865. Booth refused to surrender and the soldiers set the barn afire. Booth was fatally shot and died a few hours later. According to some accounts, Corbett shot Booth fatally through a crack in the wall; others dispute this version of events (see William Hanchett, The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies, 1986, pp.134 & 169.)