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True crime in the Civil War : cases of murder, treason, counterfeiting, massacre, plunder, & abuse / Tobin T. Buhk.

Title
True crime in the Civil War : cases of murder, treason, counterfeiting, massacre, plunder, & abuse / Tobin T. Buhk.
Author
Buhk, Tobin T.
Publication
Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2012.

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Description
viii, 312 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Shows how the American Civil War created new opportunities for crime from revenge against personal enemies, counterfeiting, plunder, and abuse to massacre, and discusses the draft riot in Detroit, the Fort pillow Massacre, the rebel plot to burn New York City, and more.
Subject
  • Civil-military relations > United States > History > 19th century
  • War crimes > United States > History > 19th century
  • Trials (Military offenses) > United States > History > 19th century
  • United States > Social aspects > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States > Destruction and pillage > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States > Atrocities > Civil War, 1861-1865
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-299) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface -- Introduction the criminal state of the union -- Inside Castle Thunder, notorious Richmond prison -- Sam Upham's counterfeiting scheme -- Benjamin Butler, Beast of New Orleans -- The sack of Athens and the court-martial of Col. J. B. Turchin -- Feuding generals : the murder of Bull Nelson and the Walker-Marmaduke Duel -- The Faulkner outrage and Detroit's draft riot -- The slaying of the Beckham family -- The Lawrence Massacre and the not-so-civil war of Quantrill, Anderson, and the James Brothers -- The murder of Gen. Earl van Dorn -- No quarter : Bedford Forrest and the Fort Pillow Massacre -- Manhattan burning : the rebel arson plot -- Sue Mundy, terror of Kentucky -- The trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators -- Fifty-three counts of murder : Champ Ferguson's private war -- Murder or misadventure? : Temperance Neely kills her former slave -- The war crimes trial of Andersonville's controversial commandant.
ISBN
  • 9780811710190 (pbk.)
  • 081171019X (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2011047046
OCLC
  • 808242437
  • 755699310
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library