Editing Boston Corbett (section)

===Andersonville===
Despite his religious-oriented eccentricities, Corbett reportedly was a good soldier. On June&nbsp;24, 1864, after [[Confederate States Army]] troops led by [[John S. Mosby]] in [[Culpeper, Virginia]] had captured a good number of Corbett's comrades, Corbett continued to fire at the enemy from behind a persimmon tree and in a ditch with a seven-shooter repeating rifle. Three attempts were made to capture him before success was finally had when he ran out of ammo. Once Corbett was overtaken, one of the junior officers leaped from his saddle, enraged at Corbett's persistence, knocked the Spencer rifle from Corbett, and aimed a pistol at his head. Captain Chapman objected, "Don’t shoot that man! He has a right to defend himself to the last!" Corbett later related to friends that the man who saved his life was Mosby, though this is dubious.{{sfn|Martelle|2015|p=42}}

Corbett was to be a [[prisoner of war]] at [[Andersonville Prison]]. While on the way to Andersonville, the following incident happened, told by a fellow prisoner of Corbett's named William Collins:
 
{{blockquote|At Macon there were about a thousand prisoners who had arrived ahead of us. The train we were on unloaded our thousand making 2000 in all. We were taken to an old pasture or common near the railroad tracks where a furrow was ploughed around it for a deadline. There was a small stream of water close to the guard line and the prisoners made a rush for it, most of them had no water for many hours, but the guards kept them back. One of the more venturesome than the rest got through the line and attempted to fill his canteen. He was immediately shot in the arm with buckshot by one of the guards. He was pushed back among our men and laid under a tree. The wounded man was suffering greatly and called for water to ease his pain, but none had any in his canteen. Boston Corbett stepped out of the ranks, having been unable to stand silent any longer. He crossed the deadline, filled his canteen in the stream and gave the wounded man a drink. The guards continually threatened him with death, but Corbett ignored them and went about his business. Despite their threats he returned unharmed and rejoined the ranks of prisoners. The cheers of the soldiers at this brave deed could have been heard one mile away, but Corbett seemed to think it was not out of the ordinary. It was the bravest deed that I had seen during the war. We arrived at Andersonville prison the next day.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}}}

Corbett met Richard Thatcher, a fellow POW who described Corbett as having "qualities that challenged my admiration, even more than the heroism he was capable of displaying in the battlefield. He read passages from the Scriptures to me, and spoke words of sound and wholesome advice, from which I began to learn that he was one who had the courage of his convictions."{{sfn|Martelle|2015|p=50}} Corbett, among others, led prayer meetings and patriotic rallies to boost morale, according to John McElroy's eyewitness account in his 1879 memoir ''Andersonville''.<ref name="McElroy1897">{{cite book |author=John McElroy |title=Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons |volume=4 |publisher=D. R. Locke |location=Toledo |date=1897 |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4260/4260-h/4260-h.htm |access-date=2020-06-28}}</ref>

After five months, Corbett was released in a [[prisoner exchange]] in November 1864 and was admitted to a military hospital in [[Annapolis, Maryland]] where he was treated for [[scurvy]], [[malnutrition]] and exposure.<ref name="Walker 1998 161"/> Upon Corbett's return to his company, he was promoted to the rank of [[Sergeant (United States)|sergeant]]. Corbett later testified for the prosecution in the trial of the commandant of Andersonville Prison, Captain [[Henry Wirz]].<ref>{{harvnb|Chamlee|Chamlee|1989|p=289}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Chipman|1891|p=40}}</ref>