One participant in this conflict was pardoned from hanging after attempting to rob the mail and was 
One participant in this conflict was pardoned from hanging after attempting to rob the mail and was named Philip Wigle. One side was organized during a meeting at the Redstone Fort, and during it, radicals called for a march on "Sodom" during a meeting at Braddock's Field. This incident was partly triggered by William Rawle issuing sixty subpoenas. Participants in this event often called "Hurrah for Tom the Tinker!", and the death of James McFarlane at the Battle of (*) Brower Hill served as a rallying cry for one side. One force in this conflict was derisively called the Watermelon Army. Governor Robert Mifflin refused to get involved in this event, which was suppressed by Light-Horse Harry Lee and Alexander Hamilton. For 10 points, name this uprising against an excise tax on liquor, an early insurrection in the history of the United States.
One participant in this conflict was pardoned from hanging after attempting to rob the mail and was named Philip Wigle.
Whiskey Rebellion [or Whiskey Insurrection]