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Episode 1: Lincoln’s Avenger, Sergeant Boston Corbett, the Killer of John Wilkes Booth
Sergeant Boston Corbett was the man who killed the man who killed President Abraham Lincoln. However, his shooting of assassin John Wilkes Booth is not what makes Corbett "Civil Weird." No, perhaps the fact that this man was certified insane, self-castrated himself, was a street preacher, and then disappeared into the ether of history, is just the beginning of Corbett's "Civil Weird" journey! So, let’s make it Civil weird!
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By Adam J. Krall/Paul Golladay/Christopher StrattonSergeant Boston Corbett was the man who killed the man who killed President Abraham Lincoln. However, his shooting of assassin John Wilkes Booth is not what makes Corbett "Civil Weird." No, perhaps the fact that this man was certified insane, self-castrated himself, was a street preacher, and then disappeared into the ether of history, is just the beginning of Corbett's "Civil Weird" journey! So, let’s make it Civil weird!