Twelve men.

[**The following is from the Civil War diary of Samuel Clear, a Union soldier.**] >*Friday, Sept 2nd* >At 12 O’Clock to day our Division was called out to see a man shot for desertion, we formed as is usually done upon such occasions in a hollow square. His grave had been dug. They sit him on the end of his coffin, a file of Provo Guards (twelve men) with one of their 12 guns loaded with a blank cartridge let him have the other Eleven and soon fixed him. _________________________ **Source:** Chisholm, Daniel, et al. “Diary.” *The Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisholm: A Chronicle of Daily Life in the Union Army, 1864-1865*. Ballantine Books, 1990. 38. Print.