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Category - Non Fiction / History
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Like New
Listed - 21 days ago
Ships From - Connecticut
Est. Publication Date - Jul 2002
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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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War of Vengeance: Acts of Retaliation Against Civil War POWs
ISBN: 9780811713887
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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 ...
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