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Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas 1862

hardcover – January 1, 1994
by McCaslin, Richard B.
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ISBN-13: 9780807118252 ISBN-10: 0807118257
Publisher
Brand: Louisiana State Univ Pr
Binding
hardcover
Published
January 1, 1994
Weight
1.1 lbs
Dimensions
23.60×2.50×16.00 cm

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Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas 1862 by McCaslin, Richard B.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780807118252.

More than 200 alleged Unionists from five northern Texas counties were rounded up in October 1862, brought to Gainesville, and subsequently hanged or lynched. This detailed account follows the course of mounting tensions and violence that preceded the roundup. Ironically, both the vigilantes and their victims shared a concern for order and the status quo, differing only in that the alleged Unionists saw Federal rule as the means for suppressing slave insurrections and hostile Indian attacks. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.