Title: True crime in the Civil War
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.
Subjects: War crimes, Civil-military relations, Social aspects, Destruction and pillage, History, Atrocities, Trials (Military offenses), United states, history, 19th century, Trails, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Places: United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, 19th century