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Who shot John Wilkes Booth?

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Boston Corbett Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett shot and killed President Abraham Lincolns assassin, John Wilkes Booth
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It was Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, who was the person who shot President Abraham Lincoln. Since Corbett was a Union Army soldier it is assumed he committed this act strictly out of revenge.
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