True crime in the Civil War
Subtitle: cases of murder, treason, counterfeiting, massacre, plunder, and abuse
By: Tobin T. Buhk
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780811710190
Subjects: War crimes; Civil-military relations; Social aspects; Destruction and pillage; Atrocities; Trials (Military offenses); History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction the criminal state of the union; title: Inside Castle Thunder, notorious Richmond prison; title: Sam Upham's counterfeiting scheme; title: Benjamin Butler, Beast of New Orleans; title: The sack of Athens and the court-martial of Col. J. B. Turchin; title: Feuding generals : the murder of Bull Nelson and the Walker-Marmaduke Duel; title: The Faulkner outrage and detroit's draft riot; title: The slaying of the Beckham family; title: The Lawrence Massacre and the not-so-civil war of Quantrill, Anderson, and the James Brothers; title: The murder of Gen. Earl van Dorn; title: No quarter : Bedford Forrest and the Fort Pillow Massacre; title: Manhattan burning : the rebel arson plot; title: Sue Mundy, terror of Kentucky; title: The trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators; title: Fifty-three counts of murder : Champ Ferguson's private war; title: Murder or misadventure? : Temperance Neely kills her former slave; title: The war crimes trial of Andersonville's controversial commandant.