Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Page county Herald says . . .

. . . there is a man in that county who boasts that he “had the honor of drawing a sight on Union men at the battle of Lexington, and fighting against the Union forces.”  If that man Mr. Herald, is guilty of the act of which he boasts, why, hang him!  The loyal soil of Page county should not be polluted by the living presence of any such a wretch. – Hang him!  Hang him effectually!  Hang him until he hauls off into some grave yard for repairs!

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 29, 1862, p. 1

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