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    Boston Corbett, a member of the 16th New York Cavalry, shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Lincoln. Corbett shot Booth in the neck with a single shot at a tobacco farm in Virginia owned by the Garretts. Booth was paralyzed and later died from the gunshot wound. Corbett claimed that he was not told not to shoot Booth. The interview provides details from Corbett on how he found and confronted Booth at the farm. It also discusses his views on Confederates and the aftermath of shooting Booth.

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    Boston Corbett, a member of the 16th New York Cavalry, shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Lincoln. Corbett shot Booth in the neck with a single shot at a tobacco farm in Virginia owned by the Garretts. Booth was paralyzed and later died from the gunshot wound. Corbett claimed that he was not told not to shoot Booth. The interview provides details from Corbett on how he found and confronted Booth at the farm. It also discusses his views on Confederates and the aftermath of shooting Booth.

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    Boston Corbett, a member of the 16th New York Cavalry, shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Lincoln. Corbett shot Booth in the neck with a single shot at a tobacco farm in Virginia owned by the Garretts. Booth was paralyzed and later died from the gunshot wound. Corbett claimed that he was not told not to shoot Booth. The interview provides details from Corbett on how he found and confronted Booth at the farm. It also discusses his views on Confederates and the aftermath of shooting Booth.

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    ConfederateNews

    April27,1865

    Greatrebelsgivegreatnews.
    HerohasbeenKilled
    by:Mazen

    Iwasnevertoldnottoshoot
    him.
    BostonCorbett

    Lettertotheeditor
    By:Mazen&Lewis

    12:30Am.April26.Thenational

    Willtherebeanotherissueof
    herowasshot.BostonCorbettofthe
    thekillingofBooth?
    16thNewYorkCavalrysnuckup
    InterviewWithBoston
    Someconcernedpersonfrom
    behindthelateJohnWilkesBooth
    Corbettofthe16thNew
    Virginia
    andfiredasingleshotthroughthe
    YorkCavalry
    Canyouwriteabouttheother
    actorsneck.Thissingleshot
    by:Lewis
    conspirators?
    paralyzed,andeventuallykilled,the
    Interviewer:Howdoyoufeel
    Someconcernedpersonfrom
    actor.Hisaccomplice,DavidHerold,
    afterkillingthegreatest
    Virginiathatisnowyour
    gavehimselfuptothe16thNewYork
    confederateHeroever,after
    biggestfan.
    Cavalryandwaslaterhungalong
    beingtoldnotto?
    Ofcourse.Yes!
    withMarySurratt,LewisPowell,
    Corbett:Iwasnevertoldnotto Editor
    GeorgeAtzerodt.Theshootingtook
    shoothim.
    Iwanttobeanactor,where
    placeinVirginia,attheGarretts
    Interviewer:Howdidyoufind
    shouldIgo?
    farminsideoftheirTobaccoFarm.
    Booth?
    Actorperson.
    Theshootinghappenedbecause
    Corbett:Weusedcommonsense Readtheadvertisements
    Boothhadshotthepresident,and
    tofindandcaptureWillieJett. person,yougotoFords
    becamethemostwantedmanin
    AfterthreateningJett,helater Theatre.
    America.
    revealedBoothsLocation.
    TheEditor.

    Interviewer:Whydidyouburn Whathappenedtothe

    thebarn?
    interviewer,isheokay?

    Corbett:Ididnotignitethe
    SomeConcernedpersonfrom
    barn,butitwastoflushBooth
    Virginia.
    out.

    Interviewer:WhydidBoothnot Yes,Bobisfine.Hewill
    comeout?
    recoverfromthatrunin.
    Corbett:Idontknowforsure,
    butfromwhathesaidIbethe
    TheEditor
    didnotwanttobehungand

    ratherdiethere.
    LewisPowellbeforehanging.
    Interviewer:Whatisyour
    CorbettshootingBoothatGarrett's
    opiniononConfederates?
    farminVirginia.
    Corbett:AreyouConfederate?
    Interviewer:No...RUN!!!
    Interviewer:Thereyouhaveitan
    interviewwithBoston

    Corbett...RUNFASTER!!!
    Interviewerteammember:IAM
    GOINGASFASTASICAN!!!

    Actorsneeded!
    Afterthepassingofthe
    greatestconfederatehero,the
    lateJohnWilkesBooth,
    actorsareneeded.Cometo
    51110thStNw,Washington,
    DC20004forauditions!

    MikeBassCarriages
    CometoMikeBassCarriages
    at10thstreetandDstreet.
    Wehavethebestpricesat
    only$10fora6monthrental
    ofthenicestcarriageand
    horses.

    Newspaperrubric:
    *Therewillbeagroupgrade,aswellasanindividualgrade.
    Heading(Title,motto,date)
    Capitalized,appropriate,creative

    /3

    Twocreateyourownboxes
    Consistentwiththesetting,creative,proper
    grammar

    /4

    ArticleTitle
    Titleisaccurateandconsistenttotheevent
    Capitalizedcorrectly

    /2

    Articlebox(picture/quote)
    Arelatedpictureorquoteisincludedwithan
    appropriatecaptionorcitation
    Propergrammar,spelling,capitalization,
    punctuation,etc.isused
    Pictureorquoteisaccurateandconsistentto
    thebook

    /3

    Writtenarticle
    Articleisfactuallycorrect
    Propergrammar,spelling,punctuation,
    capitalization,etc.isused
    Thewho,what,when,where,why,andhow
    questionsareallanswered
    Articleflowsfromonesentencetothenext
    andisnotjumpy

    /10

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