Fascinating story. Man’s inhumanity to man has made countless thousands mourn.
@davidbartlett5605
Жыл бұрын
I was born in Kinston in 1962 and grew up there. At an early age I began learning some of the local civil war history, yet I never heard of the Kinston hangings until a large sign was erected near the Lenoir County courthouse. I first saw the sign in about 2015 and it was removed sometime afterwards. It is my understanding that the sign upset some folks and was removed.
@JenLoAssassin
6 ай бұрын
Yep! I remember that sign when I was younger! I couldn't believe my eyes! So proud to put that there.
@fgjjfddc
Жыл бұрын
My 3x great grandfather and his brother were both hung in this. They were enlisted in a guard and automatically transfered into the confederacy they fled to the north and enlisted in the union. I am very proud of my ancestors and the sacrifices they made. Side note i have intrusive thoughts when i meet people with last name Pickett.😅
@outdoorlife5396
Жыл бұрын
What surprises me is that, after the war and the coward came back from Canada, none of the kin came back to deal with Pickett.
@nigeldeforrest-pearce8084
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating!!! Thank You!!!
@andrewb1370
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@teambridgebsc691
Жыл бұрын
Subscribed. History, well told.
@petercrisp6447
Жыл бұрын
i remember reading about the New Bern/Kinston hangings as most were deserters, one thing i did notice too, there were 2 soldiers wearing Union uniforms that were in his previous regiment. Quote from Pickett "What are you two doing here"? "I'll have both of you two shot" and any other rascals that deserted". And the response from one of the deserters or both "don't give a damn" & altogether 22 were hanged approved by Pickett as his failed attempt @ Gettysburg talk about vengeance! I do remember the hangman took off some buttons on some of the deceased as a memento! 13 were hanged from one of the gallows alone. I am not sure but one of the condemned was a young boy of 14?
@andrewallen9993
Жыл бұрын
Pickett showing how extremely incompetent he was!
@robertcastello2961
11 ай бұрын
Good educational video. Robert Castello Dixie General Store Heflin Alabama
@andrewb1370
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@oscargrouch7962
Жыл бұрын
Many of Southern men too poor to own slaves who were conscripted into the Confederate Army resented being forced to risk their lives and limbs so wealthy plantation owners could continue to own slaves. Many of them fled to join the Union Army rather than be shot or hanged for desertion. The book "Rebels In Blue" is a good book to read.
@sheepsfoot2
Жыл бұрын
The wealthy could pay someone else to fight in there place ( this practice was accepted by the authorities ) also after complaints from woman saying it was too overwhelming for them to manage the plantation THE 20 SLAVE BILL came in > anyone who owned more than 20 slaves were exempt from the draft ! Many southerners complaint was that this had become “ A RICH MANS WAR BUT A POOR MANS FIGHT ” Disgusting really you can understand why these men were disheartened then went to fight for the north !
@M58West
4 ай бұрын
Owning slaves was not the motivation to fight for the Confederacy. Many slave owners like those in Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri stayed loyal to the Union. And then some didn’t. The idea that all Confederate soldiers enlisted to preserve slavery is as absurd as the notion that all Union soldiers enlisted to end slavery. The war wasn’t fought to end slavery. That had to be done through a constitutional amendment. Warfare was unnecessary. The war was fought, in Lincoln’s own words, to crush the southern rebellion. And reunite the union. There are always exceptions, but the vast majority of Southern men fought to defend their homes and their families against an invading army of strangers.
@oscargrouch7962
4 ай бұрын
@@M58West Read my comment above again but read it slowly. Where in my comment did I type, "all Confederate soldiers enlisted to preserve slavery"? FYI, nowhere in my comment above did I type "all Confederate soldiers enlisted to preserve slavery". (Read my comment above as slowly as you need to and as many times as you need to.) It is your absurd notion, not mine, that I typed, "all Confederate soldiers enlisted to preserve slavery" because I did not type any such nonsense in my comment above. Poor and working common men in the southern state legislatures did not voted for the southern states to secede from the Union against their own best interests. It was wealthy Southern state politicians (many of them wealthy slave-owning plantation and business owners) in the southern state legislatures who voted for secession and committed their states to join the Confederacy. On the contrary, not enough poor and working common men, who knew they would be forced to fill the ranks, were present in the southern state legislatures to prevent southern states from seceding and joining the Confederacy. Poor and working common men resented being conscripted into the Confederate Army to fight for wealthy men's interests so many poor southern men fled to join the Union Army. Did the Confederate States secede from the Union and fire on Fort Sumter in response to the Emancipation Proclamation or did President Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation in response to Confederate secession and the war Confederate states previously started? South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860 and the other Confederate states seceded in early 1861. The Confederate Army fired unprovoked on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. When did Republican President Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation? President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862? When did President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation become effective? President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became effective on January 1, 1863. What was the affect of the Emancipation Proclamation? The affect of the Emancipation Proclamation was that, "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free". Did the Confederate States secede from the Union and fire on Fort Sumter in response to the Emancipation Proclamation or did President Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation in response to Confederate secession and the war Confederate states previously started? Oh, that's right: PRESIDENT LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO FREE SLAVES IN THE REBELLIOUS STATES IN RESPONSE TO THE CONFEDERATE STATES SECEDING AND STARTING THE WAR.
@violinhunter2
Жыл бұрын
Revenge and Justice are not the same thing.
@petercrisp6447
Жыл бұрын
I remember it well most were deserters and a number of them were in his previous regiment. He noticed 2 of them wearing Union uniforms.Quote"What are you two doing here"? I'll have you two short or court martialed
@petercrisp6447
Жыл бұрын
Sorry I'll have you two shot
@petercrisp6447
Жыл бұрын
And the reply of both of the men deserters quote "don't give a damn" out of around 60 odd deserters between 18-23 were hanged
@petercrisp6447
Жыл бұрын
I understand too one was a 14 year old boy
@andrewb1370
Жыл бұрын
The New York Times and Philadelphia Enquirer ran articles stating that a 15-year old drummer boy, Ira Neal, was among those executed on Feb. 15, but I haven't seen any supporting documentation for that assertion.
@m9078jk3
Жыл бұрын
George Pickett came from my state in Washington territory
@mightymystery9204
Жыл бұрын
Many Southern officers got rank because of money and credentials. The fight for "our" way of life meant those with money, who were making the speeches, who could vote, who ran things. The problem, as with all such movements, is that the listeners thought "our" included them. So many people fail to realize that the entire formation of the confederacy was an inside joke. It was not a noble "lost cause" but rather a brazen bluff, a great parlor charade, complete with costumes, intended to induce the Union's acquiescence, as in all such matters, from the phrasing of the Declaration of Independence, to the Dred Scott decision, to the Enumeration Clause. Why else would they take, as their National Song, a minstrel show tune written by a "Colored"man? Yet Major Robert Anderson and President Lincoln called their bluff. These rich men took themselves too seriously. The working class went along out of habit, and expected a quick armistice, as they liked fighting, and rustic living was familiar. But ultimately, they knew they would gain nothing from the victory, if it came. The only difference between the sharecropper and the slave was the illusion of freedom. Both were bound to the land, and had no rights. This hanging was just a temper tantrum, by someone who resented that these poor folks would dare think for themselves, would dare not agree with their "betters". I daresay if reconstruction had been a bit differently handled, workers of all colors might have banded together, and let the wealthy instigators bear the losses of their folly.
@Paleotech1
Жыл бұрын
Many Union officers commissions were made by recommendation and family connections. Often, officers had no military training or experience at all.
@outdoorlife5396
Жыл бұрын
I agree with a lot you said, think about it this way, they let the slave owners off and sent kids to battle to replace them. They also hung or killed people who had no stake in this war. They didn't own slaves. Every time I think of the lost cause it makes me sick. They will tell you that you need a history lesson, wrong they do.
@CT-ob2bw
Жыл бұрын
Like it is today with our political class. Not only the USA’s political class but the global one as well. It never has been any different and still isn’t.
@dwseawell
Жыл бұрын
@@Paleotech1 This was true in the North and South.
@ManiAquR
Жыл бұрын
05:18 i cant see any deformity, this ladder seems just fine to me. im sorry, just a stupid joke.
@richardlee7091
4 ай бұрын
Presentism
@onetwo-bb9lm
Жыл бұрын
Charles Cuthrell is my great great grandfathers brother. Sorry, he was a traitor.
@craigsjoberg-fi2ug
Жыл бұрын
Will Trump's civil war be any less devastating? I don't think that there will be major battles, but generational fueds, guerilla tactics, and retributions could destroy the USA.
@oo7-ro6bu
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@Paleotech1
Жыл бұрын
You may sit down now skippy.
@williammurray8060
11 ай бұрын
It's not trumps war. It's the Christian taxpayers war. beware liberals.
@uscitizen4172
5 ай бұрын
👌🇺🇸👍
@evilstorm5954
4 ай бұрын
Same war part 2. Spoiler alert, same outcome. Hillary for jail 2025.
@robertcoleman4861
Жыл бұрын
The war that should never have happened.😢⚰🪦💐🌹
@peteconrad2077
Жыл бұрын
Had to happen. The US would not be the great country it is otherwise.
@tomrinde4487
Жыл бұрын
Iooking back now the southern states wanted Expanded states rights And powers.
@m9078jk3
Жыл бұрын
Yes the abolitionists destroyed the unity of the Union as was warned by former President Franklin Pierce
@peteconrad2077
Жыл бұрын
@@m9078jk3 so you think that people should be able to own other people? What a disgusting ethic. The morals of disgrace. They stood for a principle and made America what it is today. They made sure the south adopted reasonable morality, which has only ever done under duress.
@m9078jk3
Жыл бұрын
@@peteconrad2077 Often times people were enslaved because of serious crimes,barbarity, uncivil or owed large debts in which they had no intent to pay. In some ways slavery exists today because we have prison labor in our prison industries
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