WHAT HE DID TO GET HERE: There are two parts to the Cornshoe Hammaker story. He entered the national consciousness in a Joe Paterno fever dream back in 2008, as the murderer of both Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln, because Cornshoe Hammaker is only on the side of Cornshoe Hammaker.
But Cornshoe Hammaker morphed from a Civil War villain to something far more important: A BHGP commenter with his namesake's ability to be in the right place when history happened. Cornshoe saved Daniel Murray from near-death after the 2008 Penn State kick and took a picture with an American hero.