All that salty “hanging” business up at the top of the thread would get one is a positively biblical case of rope burn or ded. Meanwhile:

Lighter-on-Hay: “...from notes taken on a visit to Ft. Clinch, Fla., 1863.”

Note: T.W. Higginson was station at Ft. Clinch, 1863, same-same source as Q's below:

Q - 26 Aug 04: “...In a book entitled "Army Life in a Black Regiment" by Thomas W. Higginson, the author, who commanded a black regiment of Federal troops raised among the ex-slaves of the Sea Islands of the Georgia coast, devotes a full chapter to the songs sung by the men of the regiment.”


“A proclamation by Confederate President Jefferson Davis had indicated that members of the regiment would not be treated as prisoners of war if taken in battle: The enlisted men were to be delivered to state authorities to be auctioned off or otherwise treated as runaway slaves, while the white officers were to be hanged.” [1st SC wiki](Ref: CSA, General Orders, No. 111, 24 December 1862 & Benjamin Butler.)

Note: Plenty of atrocity to go around on boths sides but nobody mentioned here got hung for it… afaik.