Gainesville, Texas 1862: A Heroine of the Civil War

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

A Heroine of the Civil War

Dicy A Chiles

Another obituary has been located for Dicy Chiles, the widow of Henry Chiles. At the time of her death, Dicy was living in Maryville, Missouri at the home of her daughter Sarah Longley. The obituary talks about the trials Dicy Chiles and her children suffered during and after the hanging of her husband, Henry Chiles.

A Heroine of the Civil War

The obituary was originally from the Maryville Republican newspaper but also posted in The Hancock Democrat newspaper (Greenfield, Indiana) on Thursday, June 8, 1905. Dicy grew up in Hancock County, Indiana.

Chiles Family Posts:

Chiles Family Account of the Great Hanging

Dicy Chiles Obituary: A Martyr For His Country

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Let their stories be told

In what some call "one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War", at least 40 men, suspected of Union sympathies, were hanged in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas during the month of October 1862. Several others were lynched in neighboring communities.
Each family of a Gainesville Hanging victim has a story that needs to be told and shared.
Our goal is to remember all the men who died in the 'Great Hanging' and find their families – spouse, children, parents, siblings.
Please add to this blog any stories about your 'Great Hanging' ancestor.

Sources

Please refer to Richard McCaslin's book "Tainted Breeze" for information on the Hanging or refer to the Source Category in this blog. The posts in the Source Category contain links to some online articles.
DISCLAIMER:
The information shared in these blog posts was gathered from family descendants or researched from sources considered reliable. As new research and new records become available, corrections may need to be made to previous research. Blog authors reserve the right to correct or edit any previous post.