Editing Boston Corbett (section)

==Legacy==
Scott Martelle, who wrote the 2015 biography ''The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth'', called Corbett "the closest to an average, everyday person...a regular, run-of-the-mill American—albeit a strange one—who did his job as a hatter, and then as a soldier".{{sfn|Martelle|2015|p=189}}

===Memorials===
In 1958, Boy Scout Troop 31 of [[Concordia, Kansas]], built a roadside monument to Corbett on Key Road. A small sign was also placed to mark the dugout where Corbett had lived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/16178|title=He Killed Lincoln's Killer, Then Lived In a Hole|access-date=October 10, 2008|work=Roadside America}}</ref>

===Portrayals===
A fictional version of Corbett appears in the novel [[Andersonville (novel)|''Andersonville'']] (1955). [[Dabbs Greer]] played a fictitious version of Corbett in the ''[[Lawman (TV series)|Lawman]]'' episode "The Unmasked" (1962), in which Corbett is living under the name "Joe Brockway" as a Wyoming hotel owner, being searched for by two former vengeful Confederate soldiers (although he gives his name as "Bill Corbett"). Corbett is portrayed by William Mark McCullough in the series ''[[Manhunt (miniseries)|Manhunt]]'' (2024).{{efn|Coincidentally, McCullough previously portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the documentary ''Lincoln's Last Day'' (2015).}}