Talk:Palmyra massacre

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I propose to add the following paragraph IF I can get sources from the authors. However, the hosting organization where the info was posted is pretty radical, and maybe for that reason the information is not to be trusted.

An unreferenced account by a group dedicated to giving the Confederate point of view reports that Allsman's indiscriminate attribution of Southern sympathies to his fellow townsmen had been enough to bring Federal harassment, jail and robbery on them. "There was deep resentment for Allsman in the town of Palmyra. Reportedly, when Col. Porter had captured Allsman, some of the ladies of Palmyra had said to Col. Porter, 'Don't let old Allsman come back.'" In this version, when Allsman became a hindrance to Porter's movements, and Porter proposed to set him free, Alsman requested a guard, in fear of retaliation by the citizens his informing had harmed. Porter allowed Allsman to choose six soldiers as his guards until he reached the home of a Union sympathizer. "While enroute to the home of a U.S. sympathizer more men from the Confederate camp approached Allsman and the party of Confederate troops that escorted him. These troops took charge of Allsman and began to continue the trip to the supposed U.S. sympathizer's home. These new troops took Allsman out into the woods and told him that he was going to pay for the deeds that he had done as an informant. Allsman was shot dead by three men and his body was covered with brush and leaves in the dense underbrush of the thicket. Allsman body was never found, nor were his executioners ever identified."

However, the hosting organization (southernmessenger.org) is a radical perspective, and not to be relied on uncritically.

Adamdavis 17:49, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

copypaste tag

The material tagged for copypaste is from a newspaper that's 140+ years old -- well out of copyright. I think providing a contemporary account has documentary value. However, wikipedian consensus may feel that the article's as good or even better without it, and that an external link will suffice. Thoughts? 18:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I think having the text in the wikipedia article is better than just an external link. It allows the reader to know the contemporary view of the situation without requiring extra digging. Rearden9 15:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very good. Will delete copypaste tag, identify sources as such, and then remove unref tag. 17:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

BTW, could Betaeleven specify what needs cleanup, per Wiki policy on this tag? Happy to undertake it, once I know what's to be undertooken. DavidOaks 17:27, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]