Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1768.12.01

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Index Entry Dead March [t], beat by drums before execution of deserter 
Location Boston 
Citation
VGW(HU.768.152
1 Dec 1768:12 (915)
Boston, . . . Oct 31. All the troops in town marched into
the Commons this morning  drumming the dead beat; at eight
o'clock, Richard Arnes, a Private of the 14th Regiment,
dress'd in white, having just before had the Sacrament
administered to him by the Revd. Mr. Palms, Chaplain of the
Regiment, who also accompanied him, was pursuant to the
sentence of a General Court Martial, shot for desertion. 
The Regiment then marched round the corpes as it lay on the
ground, when it was put into the coffin, which was carried
by its side into the Common, and buried in a grave near
where he was shot, and the Church service read over him.


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) 
Date 1768.12.01 
Publisher Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1768 
Bibliography B0048415
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