Jacob Harmon

Date of death:30. 11. 1861
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Tennessee
Time Imprisoned:
29 Days
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Biography

Jacob M. Harmon was an East Tennessee Unionist who, with his sons, joined the November 1861 bridge-burning uprising against the Confederacy. Captured and tried under the order to hang bridge burners, he was executed at Greeneville, Tennessee, on 30 November 1861. His son Henry was hanged soon afterward at Knoxville.

Case

Charges: Took part in the East Tennessee bridge-burning uprising of November 1861 against the Confederacy.
Incarcerated: November 1861
Released: Nov 30, 1861
Sentence: Hanged at Greeneville, Tennessee, on 30 November 1861.
Convicted: Tried by Confederate military authority and sentenced to hang, 1861

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