Editor's note by Ryan R. Schumacher.
Barrett's account originally published under the title: The great hanging at Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, October, A.D. 1862. Gainesville, Tex.: [s.n.], 1885 and republished in Austin, Tex. by the Texas State Historical Association, 1961. Diamond's account originally prepared in manuscript form ca. 1874-1876; first book publication: Account of the great hanging at Gainesville, 1862. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1963.
The great hanging at Gainesville / by Thomas Barrett
George Washington Diamond's account of the great hanging at Gainesville, 1862 / edited by Sam Acheson and Julie Ann Hudson O'Connell.
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The great hanging at Gainesville, 1862 : the accounts of Thomas Barrett and George Washington Diamond. ISBN 9780876112557. Published by Texas State Historical Association in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
