The Great Hanging at Gainesville, TX, 1862

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Special Thank-you to Joe White, commander of the Gainesville, TX, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Lee-Bourland Camp. Joe showed me the hanging site and many other Civil War related locations in Gainesville. I live a few miles down the Red River (Oklahoma side) from Joe and will be going back to Gainesville soon for some photos of those CW sites.		   Links:
1. Handbook of Texas Online - GREAT HANGING AT GAINESVILLE
2. The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas 1862 - The Dispatch Depot at Civil War Talk
3. Gainesville, Texas 1862: Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas 1862
4. Oct 1862 Great Hanging, Gainesville, Cooke County
5. Tainted Breeze by Richard B. McCaslin
6. Gainesville, Texas 1862: List of Victims--Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas 1862
7. Gainesville, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
8. Handbook of Texas Online - GAINESVILLE, TX
9. Fort Tours: Great Hanging at Gainesville
 

(February 21, 2009) Enlarge Site of The Great Hanging at Gainesville, TX (1862). Located on east bank of Pecan Creek, between Main St. and California St. The marker at one time was located west of I-35, near Elm Creek. It was moved here a few years ago.

 

(February 21, 2009) Enlarge Marker (side 1)
 
The marker is hard to read. Click here for a Website that has the text of the marker printed out and some first-hand accounts of the hanging.

(February 21, 2009) Enlarge Marker (side 2)
 

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