JANUARY 18, 1863:
The
Shelton Laurel Massacre.
A band of
Unionists from Tennessee and western North Carolina move into Madison County
N.C., and raid a few homes and businesses. In retaliation, the 64th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
arrests several Unionist women and tortures them (using whipping among other
methods), and then rounds up 13 men and boys.
The prisoners are lined up and shot, and then dumped in a trench. North Carolina Governor Zebulon Vance is
outraged and has Lieutenant Colonel James Keith, Commander of the 64th
arrested, tried, and convicted for war crimes. Keith remains in jail until
1866, when he escapes and vanishes.
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