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MILITARY EXECUTIONS OF THE UNION ARMY


Guerrilla Executions of 1864 (Fort Smith) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Four young Confederate-allied guerrillas were executed on July 29, 1864, at Fort Smith (Sebastian County) for the murder of a civilian and for a fatal attack.

Military Executions in Stonewall Jackson's Command | C-SPAN.org

I'M PETER CARMICHAEL, I'M A MEMBER OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT HERE AT GETTYSBURG COLLEGE. AND I AM ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL WAR ...

Civil War - Texas State Historical Association

In April 1861 an uprising of forty Mexican Texans led by Antonio Ochoa attempted to prevent Zapata County officials from pledging loyalty to the ...

National Park Civil War Series: The Civil War's Black Soldiers

During the Battle of Saltville, Confederates executed numerous black troops who fell into their hands. Over the next two days, two separate parties of ...

Guide Civil War Courts-Martial and Military Commissions of Union ...

Guide to:Civil War: Courts-Martial and Military Commissions of Union Soldiers Executed 1861-1866Proceedings of U.S. Army Courts-Martial and Military ...

Fort Pillow Massacre | Definition, Significance, & Facts - Britannica

While it is impossible to determine how many were killed in the battle as opposed to the massacre, between 277 and 295 Union troops—the majority of whom were ...

Elizabeth Van Lew: A Spy in Plain Sight - INTEL.gov

Ross, a clerk at Libby Prison during the Civil War. Elizabeth Van Lew was among the most productive Union spies, operating a sophisticated espionage ring in ...

The US-Dakota War of 1862 | Minnesota Historical Society

Paul, Governor Ramsey appointed Henry Sibley a colonel in the state's military forces and commander of the army that would march against the Dakota. Sibley led ...

Civil War Executions May 1923 - Military Service Pensions Archive

The last of the eighty-one executions linked to the Civil War took place in May 1923. Four men were executed that month – two in Ennis, County Clare and two at ...

1863 | Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints

On April 27, Union General Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River to attack General Lee's forces. Lee split his army, attacking a surprised Union army in three ...

Civil War Pennsylvania Volunteers - Soldier Executions with crime ...

PA Civil War Executions ; Kelly / Kelley, James, 67th Regiment, Executed by firing squad for desertion on March 9, 1865 ; Smitz / Smith, William, 90th Regiment ...

All were not heroes: A study of the list of U.S. Soldiers executed by ...

A research in depth of a seldom studied subject area of the lives and deaths of the 267 Union soldiers executed during the Civil War. The individual ...

The Trial of the Conspirators - Ford's Theatre

A group of twelve men in union army uniforms sitting together in a room. This photo shows the 12 men who composed the military commission that tried and ...

THE GOVERNMENT'S EXECUTIONS POLICY DURING THE IRISH ...

large quantity of military hardware the National Army quickly occupied Tralee, Castleisland and ... executions during the Civil War is questionable. Evidence ...

54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

The attack on Fort Wagner failed, with the Union suffering horrific losses. 1,515 Soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured. The Confederates lost only 174 men ...

Civil War Records - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The volumes are arranged by military unit, and are name-indexed by the PA State Archives' Civil War Veterans' Card File,1861-1866(opens in a new tab). Register ...

How Did Civilians Suffer? | Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Death. Twenty—five thousand Virginia soldiers died during the Civil War, and rarely did next of kin receive timely notification—if any. But when the ...

Capital punishment by the United States military - Wikiwand

American Civil War ... Union General William Rosecrans approved the courts-martial and hanging of two Confederate officers, Lawrence Orton Williams and Walter ...

Dirty Details: Executing U.S. Soldiers During World War II

The first is the question of how many soldiers were executed in England. There are two World War II military reports on this subject: One reports 18 executions, ...

Wisconsins Involvement in the Civil War | Wisconsin Historical Society

More than 12,000 died: 3,802 were killed in action or died of wounds and 8,499 died from disease, exposure, and other causes. Wisconsin soldiers also spent time ...