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Tango01 | 24 Jun 2020 9:44 p.m. PST |
"In his 1912 memoir War Stories, former Confederate soldier Berrien M. Zettler described witnessing the December 9, 1861, execution of two members of the Louisiana "Tiger Rifles"—two soldiers who had "overpowered" an officer and threatened to kill him, for which "they had been court-martialed and condemned to be shot." According to Zettler, the execution attracted a crowd of roughly 15,000 men, so many in fact that "the sentinel threatened repeatedly to put his bayonet into those of us in front if we did not stand back." It was a spectacle that most would not soon forget. The prisoners arrived in the same wagon that carried their coffins. The crowd formed three sides of a hollow square, with the square's open side containing two posts measuring about two feet above the ground, approximately 30 feet apart. The prisoners' hands were tied behind them, and they were blindfolded and tied to the posts. A detail of 12 men then marched in front of the prisoners. The officer in charge raised his hand, signaling the detail to lower their weapons "to the position of aim." Even after 60 years had passed, Zettler still recalled the execution that day as a "very sad sight and one that deeply impressed me."…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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tigrifsgt | 25 Jun 2020 1:36 p.m. PST |
The two Tigers were trying to get back a bottle of whiskey which was stolen out of their camp. An officer intervened on behalf of his men who were the culprits. The two Tigers beat the crap out of the officer. TIGER RIFLE SERGEANT They also call me TIG. tigrifsgt |
Tango01 | 26 Jun 2020 1:09 p.m. PST |
Dead for that…?… Wow!… Amicalement Armand
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