Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Nov. 30, 1861

Nov. 30, 1861: Pursuant to Confederate Sec. of War Judah P. Benjamin’s orders, he receives this message from a commander in East Tennessee::

"Two insurgents have to-day been tried for bridge-burning, found guilty and hanged."

--Col. Danville Leadbetter to Confederate Secretary of War Judah Benjamin.

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