War of Vengeance: Acts of Retaliation Against Civil War POWsStackpole Books, 2002 - 190 страници The violent retaliation between sides in the American Civil War was perhaps most apparent in the taking of prisoners. Often, these retaliatory measures were enacted against the innocent-prisoners who were unfortunate enough to be in wrong place at the wrong time. Each chapter of this book undertakes to describe a specific event of retaliatory action. Lonnie Speer takes no sides as he points an accusing finger at both the Union and the Confederacy for their equal parts in treating the prisoners poorly. He explores this little-known wartime violence, focusing on the most notorious and well-documented cases of the practice. |
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Brought Down to the Level of a Skulking Cowardly Pirate | 14 |
The Palmyra Massacre | 29 |
The Designs of the Mob | 42 |
Dance the Damned Scoundrels through Hell | 58 |
I Regret I Did Not Burn Any Bridges | 71 |
So Shall We Do by Lee | 81 |
Prisoners as Pawns | 95 |
Sharply Hungry Desperately HungryAll the Time | 114 |
Crimes Which Disgrace the Age | 129 |
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