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True crime in the Civil War : cases of murder, treason, counterfeiting, massacre, plunder, & abuse
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True crime in the Civil War : cases of murder, treason, counterfeiting, massacre, plunder, & abuse / Tobin T. Buhk.
ISBN
9780811710190 (pbk.)
081171019X (pbk.)
Edition
First edition.
Published
Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2012.
Physical Description
viii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 25, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and index.
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.
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