Executed
Name not reported
He was one of four Black soldiers from a regiment of Black soldiers, and he was held at the County Jail. The next morning, according to the newspaper account, he was taken from his cell, placed in a wagon with the other three, and driven to the edge of town, where a crowd and his regiment had gathered. A firing squad of soldiers shot him while he sat on his coffin. He was buried in a shared grave.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: military court-martial (court).