Forwarded from another List ---FYI > >From: <wjclac@juno.com> >Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 8:44 PM > > >Hope someone might use some of this info. > >Wanda > >++++++++++++ > >Here are a few names taken from original Civil War Newspaper in my >possession. > >Daily Constitutionalist, Augusta: GA, Thursday Morning, May 5, 1864. > >"Deserters continue to be brought here by the scores. Here is the names >of twenty-one men to be shot for desertion: > >Privates J.R. Bunn, 58th Alabama; M.M. Smith and D.J. Brewer, 42d >Georgia; H.A. Beacham, 40th Georgia; A.J. Carrol, 30th Georgia; >Floyd Lawson, 63d Virginia; C.C. Ledford and James M Randle, 60th North >Carolina; Ira Jessup, W. ? Byres, E.F. Younce, Gordon Morrow, >Jesse Hase, R.A. Dellinger, Joseph A. Gibbs, Mikel Ward, J. A. Austin, >S.A. Dover, Right Hutchings, Hiram Youngblood, and G.W. McFalls >of the 58th North Carolina. All of them to be shot to death within the >next ten days." > >Previous page same newspaper. "About half-past ten yesterday morning- >the Race course was the scene of military execution of Private >Henry Jerome of Company ?, the 17th Regiment S.C.V., twice guilty >deserting his colors had penalty with his life. Took place in presence >of Major Blanding's command of the 1st S.C. Artillery. Condemmed man of >mature years, short in statue, quiet demeanor. Attended by Mr. >Aldrich, Chaplain of 1st S. C. artillery. Private Jerome, native of >Chester District leave a wife and three children." > > >Mary > > > > > >==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== >Proud RootsWeb Sponsor >To find out how you can be one too: >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com