He was first tied facing the post, and consequently would have been shot in the back, but was afterwards tied with his back to the post.

The chaplain of the regiment read a chapter in the Bible, sang a hymn, and then all knelt down and prayed.

General Wright went up to the pinioned man, shook hands with him, and told him good-bye, as did many others, and then the shooting detail came up, and the officer in charge gave the command, "Ready, aim, fire!" The crash of musketry broke upon the morning air.
I was looking at Wright.

I heard him almost shriek, "O, O, God!" His head dropped forward, the rope with which he was pinioned keeping him from falling.

I turned away and thought how long, how long will I have to witness these things?
DAVE SUBLETT PROMOTED While at Shelbyville, a vacancy occurring in Captain Ledbetter's company, the Rutherford Rifles, for fourth corporal, Dave Sublett became a candidate for the position.