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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The last tragedy of the war. [from the New Orleans, La., Picayune, January 18, 1903.] (search)
a., Picayune, January 18, 1903.] Execution of Tom Martin at Cincinnati, by the order of General Hooker. By Captain James Dinkins. During General Hood's campaign into middle Tennessee, in November, 1864, a young cavalryman by the name of Thomas Martin, whose home was in Kentucky, decided to steal away and pay his family a visit. The army passed within fifty miles of his home, and he doubtless thought he would be able to visit his parents and get back before being missed. Soon after hisgreat joy he saw the courier in the distance, coming at full speed, holding in his outstretched hand a paper. It was this telegram: war Department, Washington, D. C., May 5, 1865. Major-General Joseph Hooker: Suspend the execution of Thomas Martin, to be executed in Cincinnati this day, until further orders. By order of the President. (Signed) E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Immediately there was great rejoicing. The soldiers who were to shoot the boy now congratulated hi