hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Matching Documents
The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.
Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1864., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) or search for Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) in all documents.
Your search returned 4 results in 3 document sections:
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], Execution of a deserter. (search)
Execution of a deserter. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Louisa County, Va.; Jan. 10.
Yesterday J. B. Martin, a deserter from the Orange Artillery, Carter's battalion was executed.
He deserted in June last, while this army was en route to Pennsylvania.
The scene was a sad one and long to be remembered.
At 12 o'clock the battalions of the corps were drawn up in three sides of a square, and on the fourth side sat the condemned man near his grave and coffin.
He leaned back against a post, his arms being stretched out on a board, which formed a cross.
Rev. Mr. Page, of Jones's battalion, attended the unhappy man in his last moments.
The condemned, after he was blindfolded, was bade farewell to by his friends, and the guard detailed to shoot him. He remarked to several of them, "I hope we will all meet in heaven.
He died to save us all" The guard took their position at ten paces from him, and at the word fire their bullets penetrated his breast.
His head raised
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Democratic party in the United States . (search)