Great Hanging At Gainesville
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| Part of | American Civil War |
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About Great Hanging At Gainesville
The Great Hanging at Gainesville was the execution by hanging of forty-one suspected Unionists in Gainesville, Texas, in October 1862 during the American Civil War. Two additional suspects were shot by Confederate troops while trying to escape.