Kinston Hangings

Kinston Hangings. . , In February 1864, in this vicinity, 22 white soldiers from the Kinston area were hanged in three groups by Confederate authorities. The executed men had been captured while serving in the Union army by troops under the command of Maj. General E. Pickett during operations around New Bern, N.C., and were deemed rightly or wrongly deserters from the Southern ranks., In February 1864, twenty two white men, who had deserted the Confederate Army and joined the Union Army, were captured by Confederate Forces under the command of General George Pickett at Beech Grove near New Bern. In the presence of all the confederate troops and the town's people these soldiers were hung in this vicinity., Amos Armyett . William O. Haddock . A.J. Britton . David Jones . John J. Britton . Joseph Haskett . Joel Brock . William J. Hill . John Brock . Calvin Huffman . Lewis Bryan . William Irving . Mitchell Busick . Stephen Jones . Charles Cuthrell . William Jones . W.C. Daugherty . Elijah Kellum . John Freeman . John Stanley . Lewis Freeman . Jesse Summerlin