26 April 2022

Sergeant Corbett's Shot


The Murderers doom. Miserable death of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. Shot through the head by Sergeant Boston Corbett in a barn on Garrett's Farm near the Rappahannock, April 25, 1865.


Source: LOC
"Throwing open the door, I [Captain Doherty] saw that the straw and hay behind Booth were on fire. He was half-turning towards it."   [Source]

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