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“I Would Rather Be Shot Myself” – Reactions to an Execution, December 1861

Posted on December 5, 2016 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest author Jake Wynn Assembled in a field near the Fairfax Seminary just beyond Alexandria, Virginia, an entire division of 10,000 soldiers stood in a hollow square with one side missing. At the … Continue reading →

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“I aimed a bullet at his heart”

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Edward Alexander

The men filed out into an open field and formed a square with one opened end to it. A lone soldier slowly marched the length of the route and upon the completion of the circuit walked to a small stake in … Continue reading →

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