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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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