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Liscomb

died December 1866 · Minnesota

Liscomb had served in Company F of the 2d Minnesota regiment, alongside a man named Campbell, according to The Western Democrat. In December 1866, the sheriff was taking Liscomb to jail with his hands handcuffed when a mob set upon him. The mob beat him with stones and sticks of cord wood, took him from the sheriff and hanged him. The paper reported that the bodies were still hanging, frozen stiff, the next morning.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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