Jane and others, It appears the Southern Historical Collection has a number of letters written by soldiers - mostly Yankees - during the Battles of Kinston. Ya'll might want to make a list and go spend the day reading them. They don't show up when you search for Lenoir Co but they do when you search for "Kinston". http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/shcgl.html I have not run a search for hangings but maybe they have something on that event also. Martha