Tom Dooley

Via Carl

You All Know the Story, as told by the lyrics of the Song. Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley Perhaps What Many of You Don't know is that This Story is Based on True Historical Events that Took Place in 1866

I Encourage You To Do the Research and Read the Books. I Believe You Will come to the same conclusion that I and Most Others have come to regarding Tom Dula. He was an Innocent Victim of Blind justice, falsely Convicted & Hung on May 1, 1868 for the Brutal Murder of Miss Laura Foster.

All of The Evidence Presented in Both Trials was Circumstantial, Based Entirely on Rumors, Here say and Public Opinion. No Murder Weapon , No Motive , No Eye Witness to the Crime, Yet, Tom Dula was Hung from a Poorly Constructed Gallows, Being Dropped only 3 feet from the back of a wagon, He Strangled to Death for Nearly 15 Minutes and was then left hanging for over a Half hour for the Crowd of Over 3,000 Men, Woman & Children who had come from over 50 miles in every direction , to See. He Deserved Better. I Have always Loved the Tom Dooley Tune But Never Liked the Lyrics,

Fact is, The Lyrics of the Famous song, except for the mention of Colonel Grayson, a Man who assisted in Tom's arrest, are Completely & Entirely False. To Begin with, His Name was NOT Dooley....It was Dula.

Tom Dula Was a Soldier, Having Served Bravely in The Civil War Between the States on the side of the Confederacy. Fighting for North Carolina. He Joined the Army at the age of 17 and Served Proudly.. Tom. Dula served as a Private in the CSA Company K in the 42nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment until the war ended in 1865.[He was captured towards the end of the war and did time in a Northern Prison Camp.He Did Suffer Minor Injuries and returned Home a War Hero. On a Personal Note: Tom was also a well Accomplished Musician, Playing the Drums in the Army and also believed to of played the Banjo & Fiddle. I Believe Every Soldier is Entitled to a Proper Military Send Off I Don't Believe Tom Dula Ever Got His.......Until Now