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Shooting of Booth at Garrett Farm

When
April 26, 1865
Where
Garrett Farm
Part of
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and death of John Wilkes Booth, April 1865

Boston Corbett fatally shot John Wilkes Booth at Garrett Farm in Virginia on April 26, 1865.

Union cavalry cornered Booth in a barn at Garrett Farm near Port Royal, Virginia. Boston Corbett, an American soldier, fatally shot Booth on April 26, 1865.

Sources

  1. John Wilkes Booth Wikipedia
  2. Boston Corbett Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20

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