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The Daily Dispatch: February 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], Execution of a Confederate soldier by Yankees in Kentucky . (search)
Execution of a Confederate soldier by Yankees in Kentucky.
The Cairo News, of the 25th ult, contains an account of the hanging, by order of General Hurlbut, of James W. Love, a member of Capt. Howell Edmond's company of Confederate cavalry.
He was hung upon the charge of being a "guerilla," and we copy the account in full:
Love was a young man, apparently not more than twenty two or twenty three years of age, and was far from looking the guerilla.
He was dressed in Confederate unhorse, and was a private in Edmond's company.
He was captured by the 11th Illinois infantry, and taken to Paducah, Kentucky.
After remaining there some time, he was sent to Columbus for trial.
He confessed to being a member of Edmond's company, but protested that they were not guerillas — It was charged that he deserted from the Confederate army, came home, and turned guerilla.
This, however, did not appear in the evidence.
The charges brought against him were as follows:
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