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The victims were non-slave holders and the executioners were slave holders.

Not all of the jury were slave holders.

I'd be a little leery of citing CSA "law" if I were you. Everything the Germans did to the Jews was strictly legal under German law.

It is my understanding that US and Confederate law were similar on this point. How they applied it may have been different. A large number of Confederates were killed as spies by the North. What law did the Federals use to accomplish that?

So please don't try and suggest that the traitors out in Texas were justified in hanging these men, whose only crime was loyalty to Old Glory.

As my post said, I don't think that all of the hung men were guilty only of loyalty to Old Glory. If what you say is true, why were the bulk of the Unionists set free?

no one is putting forth a cult for the Union men of the day

Have you read your own posts?

A large number of Confederates were killed as spies by the North.

How large a number?

I know several CSA agents were hanged in New York city for planning to start massive fires.

I know about Sam Davis being hanged. He was operating as an agent around Nashville. You can see his boots at the Tennessee State Museum.

I know that the main CSA leaders were in the hands of the government -- Davis, Lee, Stephens, others. They were all released.

The loyal Texans were innocent as new borns when compared to the secessionists arrested in Maryland in 1861 for various acts.

Walt

no one is putting forth a cult for the Union men of the day

Have you read your own posts?

I haven't organized any parades lately.

I haven't knowingly expressed anything not well supported in the record.

Some of the CSA apologists willfully distort the record. I don't mean you.

You remember in that one other thread you even called the one on his lies. As I recall, the county name had not been what he swore up and down it was back in 1843 or whatever.

Walt

As my post said, I don't think that all of the hung men were guilty only of loyalty to Old Glory. If what you say is true, why were the bulk of the Unionists set free?

That's a good point.

I know that two Unionists were convicted of whatever and hanged right off. Five more were condemned. About that time a CSA officer was ambushed and killed. I don't think it was established even by whom.

This set off the round of lynching where the 14 were lynched in one day. The mob leaders just arbitrarily said they would have 20 to lynch or they would take action. The authorities did in fact provide 14.

There were several companies of CSA troops in the town. One would think they could handle any mob. It's not as if it were the protypical lone sherrif defending the jail or anything like that.

It all sounds unbelievable. Not the best day for Texas.

Walt