Ephraim Shelby Dodd (1839 - 1864) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Ephraim Shelby Dodd

Birth:	1839 Kentucky, USA
Death:	Jan. 8, 1864 Knoxville Knox County Tennessee, USA
Ephraim Shelby Dodd, Member of Company D, Terry's Texas Rangers 8th Reg Texas Cav CSA December 4, 1862 - Jan 1, 1864 Captured by Federal Troops, accused of being a spy because of his personal diary and the mixed clothing he was wearing behind ememy lines. He was tried and found innocent but was condemned to be executed anyway. The first time he was dropped the rope broke and he fell to the ground breaking his leg. He was carried back to the scaffold and a double noose was used. He was dropped a second time to his death. His last words were .. "I die innocent of the charges against me." In his history of "Terry?s Texas Rangers," Mr. L. B. Giles narrates the following tragic incident of the East Tennessee campaign: "It was during this winter that one of the saddest events in all our career happened: the hanging of E. S. Dodd by the enemy. He was a member of Company D. He was of a good family and well educated. For many years he kept a diary, setting down at night the happenings of the day. He was taken prisoner with this diary in his pocket. On that evidence alone he was condemned and executed as a spy." (bio by: Wayne Sampson) Search Amazon for Ephraim Dodd

Burial: Bleak House Grounds Knoxville Knox County Tennessee, USA
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