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Bloomfield Democrat

Location

Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1888

Page

4

Twelve Confederate Raiders Executed in Atlanta Jail Raid Narrative

The memoir describes twelve Knoxvillians captured for spying and executed after a swift court martial. It details last words, ministerial counsel, and the grim process from Knoxville to Atlanta, with scenes of death, prayer, and a later burial in Chattanooga National Cemetery.

Knoxville Renas Geance KE. Nirby Smith O. P. Teaple Baxter Chattanooga Dalton Marietta

Day of Death at Knoxville Prison Detention

A June day at a Tennessee jail ends with seven prisoners led to execution. Officers read the names, including Ja D Wilson, as guards guard the room and the doomed line up for the scaffold amid fear, fever, and tense whispers.

Knoxville Chattanooga Gen. Smith East Tennessee Atlanta Andrews City Robison Atlinta City Robinson Sciemn Ja. D. Wilson

Seven Confederate prisoners execute on scaffold at cemetery

The scene describes a secret Confederate execution at a cemetery site near a monument to Confederate dead. Seven men climb the scaffold, pass under a rope-linked beam, and face death with grave composure. Wilson, their spokesman, delivers a powerful final address.

Cemetery Association Andrews Cap. Fuller Knoxville Hedhad Vreen Ohio Confederate War Department Euler Fuller Confederacy Wilson Thave

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