May 10  Murder at Gloucester
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 10/05/2016

John Deakle presents a Natchez History Minute about the murder of George Washington Sargent by Federal troops at his home, Gloucester, on this day, May 10 in 1864.  The subsequent execution by firing squad of two of the perpetrators sent shockwaves through the Union army stationed in Natchez.