Bill Sketoe's Hole - Choctawhatchee Bridge, Newton, Alabama - Discussion

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There are a couple of different accounts as to why Bill Sketoe was hanged. Some claim that he deserted his post to care for a sick wife, other's that he was assisting in local guerilla operations against the army, in any event, he ran afoul of the local confederate Home Guard. He was hanged, with...

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