The Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862: The Accounts of Thomas Barrett and George Washington Diamond

By George Washington Diamond and Thomas Barrett

In what may have been the single largest outbreak of vigilante violence in American history, forty suspected Unionists were hanged at Gainesville, Texas, in October 1862. Civil War tensions had been... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876112556
• ISBN13: 9780876112557
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"