The Great Hanging at Gainesville

In what some call "one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War", at least 40 men, suspected of Union sympathies, were hanged in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas during the month of October 1862. Several others were lynched in neighboring communities.

Each family of a Gainesville Hanging victim has a story that needs to be told and shared.

Our goal is to remember all the men who died in the 'Great Hanging' and find their families – spouse, children, parents, siblings.

Please add to this blog any stories about your 'Great Hanging' ancestor. 

Categories

• Anderson-E.F. (1)

• Anderson-George W. (1)

• Anderson-Richard (1)

• Anderson-William (1)

• Barnes-Bennet (1)

• Boyles-William (3)

• Burch-Barnabus (2)

• BURIALS (2)

• Carmichael-Samuel (1)

• Chiles-Ephraim (2)

• Chiles-Henry (5)

• Clark-Nathaniel (3)

• Cockrum-Henry (4)

• Crisp-John (4)

• Dawson-Arphax (1)

• DeLemeron-Joel (3)

• Dye-Rama (1)

• Events (20)

• Field-Henry (3)

• Floyd-Thomas (1)

• Foster-E. Junius (2)

• GENERAL INFO (37)

• Goss-Curd (2)

• Hampton-Ed (1)

• Harper-M.D. (4)

• Jones-C.A. (1)

• Kilborn-Hiram (1)

• Leffel-David Miller (5)

• LIST-Men Who Died (5)

• LIST-Wives (4)

• Lock-J.W.P. (2)

• MAPS (2)

• Martin-Richard (3)

• McCool-William (2)

• Memorial Dedication (13)

• Miller-John (4)

• Morris (2)

• NAME LISTS (8)

• Photos (5)

• Rhodes-William R. (2)

• Scott-Eli (2)

• Smith-Gilbert (1)

• SOURCES (12)

• Thomas-Eli Sigler (3)

• Wiley-John (1)

Sources

Please refer to Richard McCaslin's book "Tainted Breeze" for information on the Hanging or refer to the Source Category in this blog. The posts in the Source Category contain links to some online articles.

 Courtesy of gainesvilletx1862.blogspot.com