Two reminiscences of Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The first was written by a fellow Union soldier, Edward Kirk, who was in the 12th New York Militia under Colonel Daniel Butterfield. Boston Corbett enlisted in Company I of the 12th Regiment in April 1861. Kirk recalls Corbett's stature and appearance, as well as his "peculiarities". The second reminiscence was written by Helen DeFord Bush. She recalls that Boston Corbett hid in her father's barn following his escape from the insane asylum in Topeka, Kansas.