Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Tennessee” in chapter 185 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1.:
...at Liberty, in Bedford county, Va., Johnson was taken from the cars, and a rope placed around his neck preliminary to a proposed hanging.
Some old citizens of the county begged for him, saying that Tennessee would do for him what they proposed to do, and he was let off.--Memphis Avalanche, April 25.
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