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This fact that no one was executed by federal authorties makes a striking contrast with rebel actions, where hundreds of loyal southerners were executed simply for standing by the old flag.
Stand Watie wrote:
name ONE!
Wernell, Richard Martin, Burch, H.J. Esmond, Ward, Evans, Clem Woods, Wolsey, Manon, Leffel, A.B. McNiece, Wash Morris, Wesley Morris, Thomas Floyd, John CRisp, James Powers, Rama Dye, J. Dawson, Wiley, Barnes, Milburn, W. Anderson, Gross, Ward, Dr. Johnson, Childs, Sr., Childs, Jr. Hampton, Locke, Foster, Fields, D. Anderson, D. Taylor, R. Manton, Jones, Carmichael, Henry Cochran
These are some of the loyal Union men hanged in Texas simply for being loyal to the old flag.
There is no parallel to this on the Union side.
Walt