The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Shot for cowardice.

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Shot for cowardice.

--A letter in the Petersburg Express from Gen. Lee's army says:

‘ Another disagreeable incident took place in our brigade yesterday evening, the shooting of two men for cowardice and desertion, members of the 16th Virginia regiment, named Capps and Wilkinson.--They were shot in the presence of the entire brigade at sunset. It is indeed a fearful sight to see men thus shot down without the excitement of the battle-field, but I suppose it must be done to preserve the morale of the army.

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The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 15, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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