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en handkerchief over the face of each and adjusted the ropes. They then asked the privilege of bidding a last farewell, which being granted, they tenderly embraced each other. This over, the cart moved from under them, and they hung in the air. What a fearful penalty.--They swung off at 9:30--in two minutes the Lieutenant ceased to struggle. The Colonel caught hold of the rope with both hands and raised himself up at these minutes, and ceased to struggle at five minutes. At six minutes Dr. Forester, Surgeon 6th Kentucky cavalry, and Dr. Moss, 78th Illinois infantry, and myself, who had been detailed to examine the bodies, approached them and found the pulse of both full and strong. At seven minutes the Colonel shrugged his shoulders. The pulse of each continued to beat seventeen minutes, and at twenty minutes all signs of life had ceased. The bodies were cut down at thirty minutes and enjoined in full dress. The Colonel was buried with a gold locket and chain on his neck. The l