killed in retalation

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in the battle of Pine knob ,Missouri union Maj james Wilson amd 6 pows were shot by guerrila Tom Teeves in retalation 6 CSA pows were shot by firing Squad in Warrensburg,Johnson County Missouri a CS Major was sentenced to be shot but sentence commuted to POW by President Lincoln the man died 1910-who were the six shot?

 

[Missouri Swampfox]

It was the Battle of Pilot Knob, MO. The Confederate commander was Timothy Reeves.

After Wilson and six of his men were executed, Union authorities in St. Louis chose six Confederate enlisted men and one major to be shot in retaliation. At 2:00 p.m. on October 29, 1864,
Asa Ladd
James W. Gates
John A. Nichols
Charles W. Minnekin
George T. Bunch
Harvey Blackburn
were executed.

Major Enoch O. Wolf was scheduled to be shot November 18, 1864, but had his execution halted on order of Abraham Lincoln.