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SUMMERS, John W. ‘

(Military)

tmHe DAILY CONSERVATIVE (Leavenworth, Kans, )
(17 May 1863) also indicates that John W.
Summers, Company E, Second Kansas Cavalry,

was executed for desertion by a military firing
squad at Fort Scott on 13 May 1863..."

CIVIL WAR JUSTICE, by Robert Alotta; Shippens-
burg, Penna: White Mane Publishing Company,

1989, page 59.

SUMMERS, John W. : ?

(Military)

ttoHR DAILY CONSERVATIVE (Leavenworth, Kans.)
(17 May 1863) also indicates that John W.
Summers, Compsny E, Second Kansas Cavalry,

was executed for desertion by a military firing
squad at Fort Scott on 13 May 1863..."

CIVIL WAR JUSTICE, by Robert Alotta; Shippens-
burg, Penna: White Mane Publishine Company,
1989, page 59.

SUMMERS, John W.
(Military)

"THE DAILY CONSERVATIVE (Leavenworth, Kan

(17 Mey 1863) also indicates that Jobn W.
Summers, Company E, Second Kansas Cavalry,

was executed for desertion by 9 military firing
squad at Fort Scott on 13 May 1863

caval WAR JUSTICE, by Robert Alotta; Shippens-

z, Penna: White Mane Publishin= Gompany,
39887 page 59.

SUMMERS Ly ae
(Mjlitary)

"seethe Post Returns of Fort Scott, (Kans.), Sor May,
1863, show under remarks: 'Private Summers Prisoner
charged with desertion was publicly executed (shot to
death) according to orders from Dist, Head Quarters,
fhe whole garrison turned out to witness,"

Titr, dtd. 8-28-1982, from Mrs, S. Pe (Grace) Moore,
Roard Member, Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon:
County, Ince, 502 South National Avenue, Fort Scott, Kans,

66701.

SUMMERS
(Mjlitary)

" eelhe Post Returns of Fort Scott, (Kans.), Sor May,
1863, show under remarks: 'Private Summers Prisoner
charged with desertion was publicly executed (shot to
death) according to orders from Dist. Head Quarters,

@he whole garrison turned out to witness."

ltr. dtd, 8-28-1982, from Mrs, S. P. (Grace) Moore,

Roard Member, Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon
County, Ince, 502 South National Avenue, Fort Scott, Kans,
66701.

QGlitary)

«The Post Returns of Fort Scott, (Kans.), for May,
1863, show under remarks: 'Private Summers Prisoner
charged with desertion was publicly executed (shot to
death) according to orders from Dist, Head Quarters,
he whole garrison turned out to witness,"

Ttr, dtd, 8-28-1982, from Mrs, S, P. (Grace) Moore,

Roard Member, Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon
County, Ince, 502 South National Avenue, Fort Scott, Kans,
66701,

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