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SERVICEMAN EXECUTED FOR DESERTION

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Private Eddie Slovik is the only American military serviceman
executed for
desertion (during World War II) since the American
Civil War.

In August of 1944, as he and a companion were on the way to the
front lines, they became lost in the chaos of battle and stumbled
upon a Canadian unit that took them in.

When he returned to his unit in October, he signed a confession
of desertion, claiming he would run away again if forced to fight,
and submitted it to an officer of the 28th. The officer advised
Slovik to take the confession back, as the consequences were
serious. Slovik refused and was confined to the stockade.

A legal officer of the 28th offered Slovik a deal: dive into combat immediately and avoid the court-martial. Slovik refused. He was
tried on November 11 for desertion and was convicted in less
than two hours. The nine-officer court-martial panel passed a
unanimous sentence of execution, “to be shot to death with
musketry.”

Eisenhower upheld the death sentence and Slovik was shot and
killed by a 12-man firing squad in eastern France.

Who's to Blame for Private Eddie Slovik's Death? | HistoryNet
Wedding photo, 1942.

The Execution of Private Slovik is a made-for-TV movie starring Martin Sheen, premiering March ...
The Execution of Private Slovik is a made-
for-TV movie starring Martin Sheen, it
premiered March 13, 1974 on NBC.

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James Wilson Marshall
(October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885)

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The caption with this photo at the Library of Congress
claims that this was Marshall in front of the mill in 1850.

On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill on
the American River in Northern California. After James W.
Marshall, who’d been overseeing the sawmill’s construction,
found the gold nuggets he and his boss, John Sutter,
attempted to keep

the discovery a secret. However, word soon spread and by
1849 thousands of prospectors, who became known as 49ers,
were flocking to Coloma, California, site of Sutter’s Mill, and
the surrounding region, hoping to strike it rich.

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James Marshall’s cabin.

   

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John Augustus Sutter
(February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880)

    
    
   
James W. Marshall - Gold Discovered 1848 California Mining Postcard

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The spot where Marshall first discovered the gold that
started the California Gold Rush.

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Prime Video: I Love Lucy - Season 1

I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom that originally
aired on
CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a
ottal of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning six seasons.

The show starred Lucille Ball, her husband, Desi Arnaz,
along with
Vivian Vance and William Frawley.

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FIRST WOMAN EXECUTED BY THE U.S.

Mary Surratt’s Photograph | BoothieBarn
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt
(1820 or May 1823 – July 7, 1865)

Mary Surratt was executed by the U.S. government for her
role as a conspirator in
Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

Surratt, who owned a tavern in Surrattsville (now Clinton),
Maryland, had to convert her row house in Washington, D.C.,
into a boardinghouse as a result of financial difficulties.

Located a few blocks from Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln
was murdered, this house served as the place where a
group of Confederate supporters, including
John Wilkes
Booth
, conspired to assassinate the president. It was
Surratt’s association with Booth that ultimately led to her
conviction, though debate continues as to the extent of
her involvement and whether it really warranted so harsh
a sentence.


April 14, 1865: President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Threatre

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A newspaper drawing of Surratt receiving comfort
from one of the priests permitted to visit her in her
prison cell.

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Aftermath of the execution of Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell,
David Herold, and George Atzerodt on July 7, 1865.


Surratt’s boarding house, c. 1890, little changed
from how it looked during her occupancy.


Surratt’s boarding house, which now houses a restaurant,
is in the
Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

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