Moonshine, Murder, and Legend: The Story of Lewis Redmond
Stories of Appalachia6 Des 2025

Moonshine, Murder, and Legend: The Story of Lewis Redmond

Major Lewis Redmond’s story sounds like it comes from a 19th century dime novel. He was a Carolina moonshiner, an outlaw and, thanks to actually being in some of those dime novels after the Civil War, a folk hero.

His killing of a U. S. Marshal led to a life on the run across North and South Carolina, making Redmond a legend. Today we tell his story.

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