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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03063 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Circular ordering execution of two privates in 53rd North Carolina |
| Date | 10 May 1863 |
| Author | Hammond, W. M. (fl. 1863) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Circular letter, hand-written, states that the sentence of the General Court Martial in the case of privates Berry Threat and Dulin Stavnes of Company D of the 53rd North Carolina regiment will be carried out. Says they will be executed at 12 p.m. in the open field in front of the entrenchments. All troops except those on picket duty are required to attend. Order Colonel J. A. Washington, the commander of the 50th North Carolina, to provide 1 lieutenant and 20 men who will be charged "with the proper execution of the sentence." Written under the order of Brigadier General Junius Daniel (1828-1864). |
| Subjects | Execution Desertion Military History Civil War Confederate States of America Military Law Confederate General or Leader Death Penalty |
| Place written | Kinston, North Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 53rd North Carolina regiment, Company D |
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