Boston Corbett

Boston Corbett
Portrait de Boston Corbett, par Mathew Brady en 1865.

Thomas P. Corbett, dit Boston Corbett, (Londres, 1832 - probablement en 1894)[1] est un chapelier[2] américain, d'origine britannique qui devint célèbre, alors qu'il servait dans l'armée de l'Union, pour avoir abattu l'assassin du président Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, le 26 avril 1865[3].

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  1. Johnson, p. 52
  2. Johnson, p. 45
  3. Johnson, p. 35

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