Quote:His face and neck look horribly thin in that photo as compared to those taken on the Montauk.
This kid apparently lost a lot of weight in prison. He was recorded to have been 175 lbs when he went through the lines at Alexandria, VA in January 1865. I would bet he lost about 20 lbs when incarcerated and probably weighed approximately 155-150 pounds when hanged. One reason he strangled probably. No one took his weight into consideration.
"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley