Wednesday, June 26, 2013

October 18, 1862---Ten Confederates executed by firing squad



OCTOBER 18, 1862: 

The Palmyra (Missouri) Massacre. Colonel John McNeil U.S.A. executes ten random Confederate prisoners in retaliation for the disappearance (and probable murder) of John Allsman, a local Unionist. None of the condemned men had any connection with Allsman.


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