American Bastille
Subtitle: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens in the Northern and Border States on Account of Their Political Opinions During the Late Civil War Part One
Contributors: John A. O'Neill (Illustrator)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: December 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781432619770
Subjects: History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Law : Constitutional; Political Science : Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Constitutional; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; United States - Civil War; History; History - U.S.; History: American
First sentence: DURING the night of the 14th, and the morning of the 15th of September, 1862, the following gentlemen were arrested by armed mobs disgracing the name of soldiers: Joseph K. Evans and John H. Porter, of Winterset, and Esquire David McCarty, William Evans, James Keith, Joseph W. Gideon, and Valentine M. Gideon, residing in the country.