War of vengeance
Subtitle: acts of retaliation against Civil War POWs
By: Lonnie R. Speer.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Prisoners of war -- Crimes against -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Prisoners of war -- Crimes against -- Confederate States of America -- History.; Revenge -- Case studies.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: "It's Me You Want" James Wilson 1 Chapter 2: "Brought Down to the Level of a Skulking, Cowardly Pirate" Michael Corcoran 14 Chapter 3: The Palmyra Massacre 29 Chapter 4: "The Designs of the Mob" Gainesville 42 Chapter 5: "Dance the Damned Scoundrelsthrough Hell!" Shelton Laurel 58 Chapter 6: "I Regret I Did Not Burn Any Bridges" Corbin and McGraw 71 Chapter 7: "So Shall We Do by Lee" Flinn and Sawyer, and Lee 81 Chapter 8: Prisoners as Pawns Charleston and Morris Island 95 Chapter 9: "Sharply Hungry, Desperately Hungry-All the Time" Union Rations 114 Chapter 10: "Crimes Which Disgrace the Age" The Crimes of War 129.