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Here is a list of all the men who died in the Great Hanging at Gainesville. List can be found on the Great Hanging Blog: www.gainesvilletx1862.blogspot.com 42 men were tried and convicted by a Confederate Citizens Court - 40 men were hanged and several were shot while trying to escape. ======== 1. C. F. Anderson 2. George W. Anderson 3. Richard J. Anderson 4. William B. Anderson 5. Thomas O. Baker 6. Bennet C. Barnes 7. Barnibus Burch 8. Samuel Carmichael 9. Ephraim Chiles 10. Henry Chiles 11. Nathaniel M. Clark 12. Henry Cockrum 13. John Mansil Crisp 14. Arphaxton R. Dawson 15. Rama Dye 16. Hudson John Esman 17. Henry S. Field 18. Thomas B. Floyd (shot) 19. James T. Foster (shot) 20. Curd Goss 21. Edward D. Hampton 22. M. D. Harper 23. William W. Johnson 24. C. A. Jones 25. David Miller Leffel 26. Leander W. P. Jacob Lock 27. Abraham McNeese 28. Richard N. Martin 29. John M. Miller 30. John A. Morris 31. John W. Morris 32. M. W. Morris 33. William W. Morris 34. James A. Powers 35. William R. Rhodes 36. Alexander D. Scott 37. Eli M. Scott 38 Gilbert Smith 39. William B. Taylor 40. Eli Sigler Thomas 41. James A. Ward 42. William Wilson Wornell == 43. William Boyles (not arrested but shot and possibly died from wounds) 44. Hiram Kilborn (shot) ==== Hanged by James Young: William A. McCool, John M. Cottrell A.N. Johnson E. Junius Foster, the editor of the Sherman Patriot was shot as he was closing up his newspaper office ...more