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Hanging of Fry and Hensie near the Railroad, by Colonel Leadbetter
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File Name
shades_haun_0002
Creator
Richardson
and
Cox
,
engravers
Title
Hanging
of
Fry
and
Hensie
near
the
Railroad
, by
Colonel
Leadbetter
Publisher
George W. Childs, Applegate & Co., Philadelphia
Date
1862
Genre
Engravings
Material/Technique
wood engraving
Image Note
William G. Brownlow, Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession; with a Narrative of Personal Adventures Among the Rebels (Philadelphia: George W. Childs, Applegate & Co., 1862), p. 311
Description
Two
men
clad
in
shirts
and
trousers
hang
by
ropes
from
tree
branches
. They are
taunted
by a
man
with a
cane
standing
on a
train
platform
next
to a
rail
car
while
people
watch
from the
platform
and
peer
out
of the
rail
car
windows
.
Historical note
Henry
Fry
and
Jacob
M
.
Hensie
(Hinshaw)
were
among
a
group
of
five
Union
loyalists
in
East
Tennessee
who
attempted
to
disrupt
Confederate
troop
movements
by
destroying
bridges
along
the
East
Tennessee
&
Virginia
and
East
Tennessee
&
Georgia
railroad
lines
on the
night
of
November
8-9
,
1861
. The "
bridge
burners
"
who
believed
they had the
support
of the
Lincoln
administration
and that the
United
States
Army
was
about
to
sweep
into in
East
Tennessee
and
liberate
it
from
Confederate
authorities
, were
executed
for their
actions
.
Master
potter
Christopher
A.
Haun
,
who
was also
among
their
number
, was
hanged
in
Knoxville
on
10
December
1861
.
Subject
nited
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--Destruction
and
Pillage--Union
Theme
Walking a Fine Line
Story
Christopher Haun
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Greeneville
;
United
States--Tennessee--Knoxville
Time period
1860-1869
Credit line
Wikimedia Commons
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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