Author: Thomas Power LowryPublisher:
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Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
The Court-martial of Boston Corbett
Author: Thomas Power LowryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Boston Corbett, who Shot John Wilkes Booth
Author: Byron Berkeley JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
The Madman and the Assassin
Author: Scott MartellePublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613730187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
As thoroughly examined as the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth have been, virtually no attention has been paid to the life of the Union cavalryman who killed Booth, an odd character named Boston Corbett. The killing of Booth made Corbett an instant celebrity who became the object of fascination and of derision. Corbett was an English immigrant, a hatter by trade, who was likely poisoned by mercury. A devout Christian, he castrated himself so that his sexual urges would not distract him from serving God, which he did as a street evangelist and preacher. He was one of the first volunteers to join the US Army in the first days of the Civil War, a path that would in time land him in the notorious Andersonville prison camp. Eventually released in a prisoner exchange, he would end up in the squadron that cornered Booth in Virginia. The Madman and the Assassin is the first full-length biography of Boston Corbett, a man who was something of a prototypical modern American, thrust into the spotlight during a national news event. His story also encompasses tragedy—his wife died when he was young, and he struggled with poverty and his own mental health—as it weaves through some of the biggest events in nineteenth century America. Scott Martelle is a professional journalist and the author of The Admiral and the Ambassador, and Detroit: A Biography, and is an editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times.
Minutes and Proceedings of a Division Court Martial ... Holden at Boston ... October 29, 1805
Author: Joseph LoringPublisher:
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Category : Trials (Military offenses)
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
A Treatise on Courts Martial and Military Law
Author: Isaac MaltbyPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584775084
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Maltby, Isaac. A Treatise on Courts Martial and Military Law: Containing an Explanation of the Principles Which Govern Courts Martial and Courts of Inquiry, Under the Authority of an Individual State, and of the United States, in war and peace. The powers and Duties of Individuals in the Army, Navy, and Militia; and the Punishments to Which They May be Liable, Respectively, for violations of Duty. The Necessary Forms for Calling, Assembling, and Organizing Courts Martial, and All Other Proceedings of Said Courts. Boston: Printed by Thomas B. Wait and Co., 1813. [viii], 272 pp. Reprint available April 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-508-4. Cloth. $95. * Reprint of the first edition of an early American work on military law and courts martial. Based principally on legal and military American sources, it includes a series of twenty-two appendices. The first (and most extensive) contains the American Articles of War adopted in 1806, which outline the procedures for a court martial. Maltby [1767-1819], a member of the Massachusetts legislature and a prsidential elector, was a brigadier general of the state militia during the War of 1812.
Boston Corbett Adjourns the House of Representatives
Author: Boston Corbett
Author: Andy Douglas DayPublisher:
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Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Madman and the Assassin
Author: Scott MartellePublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613730217
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
As thoroughly examined as the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth have been, virtually no attention has been paid to the life of the Union cavalryman who killed Booth, an odd character named Boston Corbett. The killing of Booth made Corbett an instant celebrity who became the object of fascination and of derision. Corbett was an English immigrant, a hatter by trade, who was likely poisoned by mercury. A devout Christian, he castrated himself so that his sexual urges would not distract him from serving God, which he did as a street evangelist and preacher. He was one of the first volunteers to join the US Army in the first days of the Civil War, a path that would in time land him in the notorious Andersonville prison camp. Eventually released in a prisoner exchange, he would end up in the squadron that cornered Booth in Virginia. The Madman and the Assassin is the first full-length biography of Boston Corbett, a man who was something of a prototypical modern American, thrust into the spotlight during a national news event. His story also encompasses tragedy—his wife died when he was young, and he struggled with poverty and his own mental health—as it weaves through some of the biggest events in nineteenth century America. Scott Martelle is a professional journalist and the author of The Admiral and the Ambassador, and Detroit: A Biography, and is an editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times.
Abraham Lincoln and Boston Corbett
Author: Byron Berkeley JohnsonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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