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- GLC#
- GLC03063
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 May 1863
- Author/Creator
- Hammond, W.M., fl. 1863
- Title
- [Circular ordering execution of two privates in 53rd North Carolina]
- Place Written
- Kinston, North Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
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).
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