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Billy Boy: The Execution of Billy Laird
19th Century
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8m 40s
He never saw battle.
He never fired a shot.
But in 1863, William Laird, a mentally challenged young man from Maine, was executed by a Union Army firing squad.
This is one of the most tragic and forgotten stories of the Civil War.
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