UThomas “Boston” Corbett wayengumuntu wozungu nezingxabano ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango yaseMelika. Waziwa ngele-“Lincoln’s Avenger,” wazuza udumo ngeqhaza lakhe ekulandeleni nezinsolo zokubulala uJohn Wilkes Booth, umbulali kaMongameli Abraham Lincoln. Nokho, impilo kaCorbett yashintsha kakhulu ngemva kokubulawa, futhi wagcina enyamalele, eshiya ifa eligubuzelwe yimpicabadala. Kulesi sihloko, sizocubungula ngendaba ethokozisayo kaThomas "Boston" Corbett, sibheka impilo yakhe yasemncane, inkonzo yezempi, ukuzibandakanya ekuphishekeleni iBooth, kanye nokunyamalala kwakhe okumangalisayo.
Ukuphila kwasekuqaleni kukaThomas “Boston” Corbett nokuguqulwa
UThomas Corbett wazalelwa eLondon, eNgilandi, ngo-January 29, 1832, wathuthela e-United States nomkhaya wakhe ngo-1840, bazinza eNew York City. Eseyinsizwa, uCorbett waqeqeshelwa ukuba yi-milliner, umsebenzi ayezowenza ngezikhathi ezithile ukuphila kwakhe konke. Nokho, uhambo lwakhe lwaba noshintsho olukhulu lapho ebhekana nochungechunge lwezinhlekelele zomuntu siqu. Ngemva kokushona komkakhe nengane ngesikhathi ebeletha, uCorbett wathuthela eBoston, lapho afike waphelelwa yithemba khona, waba engenakhaya futhi waphendukela ophuzweni oludakayo.
Kwakungalesi sikhathi esinezinxushunxushu lapho impilo kaCorbett yashintsha khona. Ebhekene nomshumayeli wasemgwaqweni, uCorbett wakhuthazwa ukuba ajoyine iSonto Lama-Methodist Episcopal, alahle utshwala futhi amukele ukuphila kokuzinikela enkolweni. Waze washintsha igama lakhe waba nguBoston, ngemuva kwedolobha lapho aguqukela khona. Izinkolelo ezishisekayo ezingokwenkolo zikaBoston Corbett, kuhlangene nokuziphatha kwakhe okungavamile, kwamenza waqanjwa ngokuthi “Udumo KuNkulunkulu Kumuntu” phakathi kwabazalwane asonta nabo.
Ukubhaliswa ku-Union Army
Ngo-April 1861, njengoba kugqashuka iMpi Yombango YaseMelika, uCorbett wabhalisa njengomuntu ozimele eNkampanini I ye-Union Army's 12th New York State Militia. Nokho, ukucasuka kwakhe kwamfaka enkingeni ngokushesha. Ukufunda kukaCorbett iBhayibheli njalo, imihlangano yomthandazo engagunyaziwe, nokubhekana nezikhulu eziphakeme kwaholela ekubeni avele enkantolo yezempi futhi ekugcineni adedelwe ngo-August 1863. Engadikibali, uCorbett waphinde wabhalisa kamuva ngaleyo nyanga, kulokhu ejoyina i-Company L ye-16th New York Cavalry Regiment.
Ukuzinikela kukaCorbett okholweni lwakhe olusha kanye nomuzwa wakhe wobulungisa ongantengantengi kwaba sobala phakathi nenkonzo yakhe eButhweni Lezempi Lombuso. Wayevame ukuxabana nezikhulu nabaphathi, egxeka obala ukuziphatha kwabo futhi emelela lokho ayekholelwa ukuthi kulungile ngokwezwi likaNkulunkulu. Ukuzibophezela kukaCorbett ezimisweni zakhe zenkolo ekugcineni kuzomholela endleleni ehlangene nesinye sezenzakalo ezidume kakhulu emlandweni waseMelika.
Ukuphishekela uJohn Wilkes Booth
Ngo-April 14, 1865, uMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln wabulawa uJohn Wilkes Booth, kwasakaza izwe lonke. Ezimisele ngokuletha umbulali phambi kwenkantolo, kwalandela umkhonyovu, kwathi ibutho likaBoston Corbett lajutshwa ukuba libambe uBooth. Ngo-April 26, uCorbett namasosha ayekanye naye bazungeza uBooth kanye nomngane wakhe, uDavid Herold, esibayeni sikagwayi epulazini laseVirginia.
UBooth, enqaba ukuzinikela, wathi, “Ngeke ngithathwe ngiphila!” Amasosha ashisa inqolobane, enethemba lokuphuma ngenkani uBooth. Emi eduze komfantu odongeni lwengobo, uCorbett wayenomugqa ocacile wokubona kombulali. Ngomzuzwana owawuzoshintsha unomphela umlando, uCorbett wadubula ivolovolo lakhe likaColt, washaya uBooth ekhanda futhi wamlimaza. Indoda eyathatha ukuphila kukaMongameli uLincoln yahlangabezana nokwayo ukufa ezandleni zika-“Lincoln’s Avenger.”
Shooting Booth - impikiswano
Izimo ezizungeze ukudubula kuka-Booth kanye nendima ka-Corbett kukho kube yindaba yempikiswano yomlando. UCorbett uthe wabona uBooth ehlose ukuvikela imoto yakhe, okwamholela ekutheni azivikele futhi adubule umbulali naphezu kwemiyalo yokumbamba ephila. Kodwa-ke, ama-akhawunti ofakazi bokuzibonela aphikisana nenguqulo yezenzakalo zikaCorbett, amanye amaphoyisa athi awakaze ambone edubula isibhamu sakhe. URichard Garrett, umnikazi wepulazi lapho uBooth atholakala khona, kanye nendodana yakhe uRobert nabo baphikisa isimangalo sikaCorbett sokuthi uBooth wayefinyelele isikhali.
Naphezu kwama-akhawunti aphikisanayo, izenzo zikaCorbett zagujwa kakhulu ngumphakathi kanye nabezindaba. Ukuzinikela kwakhe okungantengantengi kwezobulungiswa kanye neqhaza lakhe ekubambeni uBooth kwamenza wabonga isizwe esilile. UCorbett wadunyiswa njengeqhawe, futhi ukuphila kwakhe kwakungeke kuphinde kufane.
Ukwehla kwengqondo kanye nemiphumela engaqondakali
Ngemva kokuthunjwa kukaBooth kanye nendima yakhe kulo mcimbi, isimo sengqondo sikaCorbett saqala ukuwohloka. Ezinye izazi-mlando ziye zathi ukuchayeka kwakhe ku-mercury nitrate, esetshenziswa enqubweni yokwenza izigqoko, kungenzeka kube nomthelela ezindabeni zakhe zempilo yengqondo. Ukuziphatha kukaCorbett kwaya ngokuya kungaqondakali, futhi wabonisa izimpawu ze-paranoia kanye nokushiseka kwezenkolo. Zikhathazekile ngenhlalakahle yakhe, iziphathimandla zabona uCorbett engaqinile ngokomqondo futhi zamfaka endaweni yokukhosela.
Nokho, isikhathi sikaCorbett sokuhlala endaweni yokukhosela sasingesona isikhathi esifushane. Ngo-May 26, 1888, ekubalekeni ngesibindi futhi okungaqondakali, wakwazi ukubalekela indawo yokukhosela ngehhashi. Wabe esegibela waya eNeodesha, eKansas, lapho ahlala khona isikhashana noRichard Thatcher, indoda ayehlangane nayo ngesikhathi beyiziboshwa zempi. Lapho uCorbett ehamba, watshela uThatcher ukuthi uya eMexico. Ukusuka lapho, uCorbett wanyamalala, eshiya umkhondo wemibuzo engaphenduleki nokuqagela.
Izimo ezizungeze ukunyamalala kwakhe nesiphetho sakhe zisalokhu kuyindaba yozungu nokuhlaba umxhwele. Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi esikhundleni sokuya eMexico, uCorbett wazinza endlwaneni ayakha emahlathini eduze kwaseHinckley, ePine County empumalanga yeMinnesota. Kukholakala ukuthi washona eMlilo Omkhulu kaHinckley ngoSepthemba 1, 1894. Nakuba bungekho ubufakazi, igama elithi “Thomas Corbett” livela ohlwini lwabafile nabalahlekile.
Ifa likaThomas “Boston” Corbett
Indaba kaThomas “Boston” Corbett ingenye yezinhlekelele, ubuqhawe, kanye nempicabadala. Ukuzinikela kwakhe okungantengantengi kwezobulungiswa kanye neqhaza lakhe ekuphishekeleni uJohn Wilkes Booth kwaqinisa indawo yakhe emlandweni waseMelika. Kodwa-ke, ukuwohloka kwakhe kwengqondo nokunyamalala okwalandela kwengeze izingqimba zemfihlakalo endabeni yakhe. Ingabe uCorbett wayeyisisulu sokushisekela kwakhe inkolo? Ingabe wabhekana nesiphetho esibuhlungu, noma wakwazi ukuphunyuka futhi waqala impilo entsha? Izimpendulo zale mibuzo zingase zihlale zingaqondakali.
Noma kunjalo, igama elithi Thomas “Boston” Corbett lisaqhubeka, lixhunyaniswa nokubulawa kukaMongameli Abraham Lincoln. Indaba yakhe isebenza njengesikhumbuzo sobunzima bemvelo yomuntu, imigqa engacacile phakathi kobuqhawe nokuthatheka, kanye namandla ahlala njalo okuphishekela ubulungisa.
Amazwi wokugcina
Impilo kanye nefa likaThomas “Boston” Corbett liwubufakazi bokuthatheka okuhlala njalo kwenkathi yeMpi Yombango yaseMelika. Kusukela emizabalazweni yakhe yasekuqaleni kanye nokuguquka kwezenkolo kuya endimeni yakhe ekuphishekeleni u-John Wilkes Booth, indaba kaCorbett ihlaba umxhwele. Impicabadala emayelana nokunyamalala kwakhe yengeza nje equlwini, kusishiya sizibuza ngesahluko sokugcina sempilo “yeMphindiseli kaLincoln.” Njengoba siqhubeka nokuhlola umlando womlando, singase singasoze sayidalula ngokuphelele impicabadala kaThomas “Boston” Corbett, kodwa singavuma uphawu olungasuki alushiya emakhasini omlando waseMelika.
Ngemva kokufunda ngoThomas “Boston” Corbett, funda mayelana Ukunyamalala okungaqondakali kuka-Ambrose Small.
