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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: June 13, 1862., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for John Wilson or search for John Wilson in all documents.
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Sentenced to be shot, &c.
--A Lieutenant of the C. S. A. appeared yesterday at Castle Godwin, and in presence of Capt. Alexander, the custodian of that institution, read to three of the inmates thereof sentences passed on them by the General Court-Martial now in session.
The accused who have been on trial for several days were all members of the Purcell battery. Two of them, John Wilson and Henry Smith, had been found guilty of deserting from their company.
The sentence was that each of them should have his head shaved, be branded on the left thigh with the letter D, and then be drummed out of camp.
The third prisoner, whose name is John Squires, was found guilty of attempting to desert to the enemy, and sentenced to be shot to death in the usual manner, on Monday, June 16. We understand that all of the sentences will be carried into execution on that day. In reference to Squires, we may say that we heard, prior to knowing anything of his trial, that on a recent occasion, whe
The Daily Dispatch: June 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], Reports of casualties. (search)