Great Hanging at Gainesville
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title:
Great Hanging at Gainesville
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The Great Hanging at Gainesville was the execution by hanging of 41 suspected Unionists in Gainesville, Texas, in October 1862 during the American Civil War. Confederate troops shot two additional suspects trying to escape. Confederate troops captured and arrested some 150–200 men in and near Cooke County at a time when numerous North Texas citizens opposed the new law on conscription. Many suspects were tried by a "Citizens' Court" organized by a Confederate military officer. It made up its own
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American Confederate war crime
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanging_at_Gainesville
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2024-01-29T05:54:08Z
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