1861 CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE PIRACY. Trial and Hanging of William Smith for Piracy. Premillennialism Addressed to the Methodist Society

Addressed to the Methodist Society

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1861 CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE PIRACY. Trial and Hanging of William Smith for Piracy. Premillennialism Addressed to the Methodist SocietyRather scarce report of the trial of William Smith. Smith was a Confederate Captain who in command of the Enchantress, a Union ship captured and brought into the service of the Confederacy. The Enchantress was captured by the U. S. S. Albatross. William Smith was taken before the Courts and tried for Piracy, with a maximum punishment of hanging. He was found guilty and indeed hung. The case caused an outrage in the South and public hangings were