War of Vengeance: Acts of Retaliation Against Civil War POWs

by Lonnie R. Speer

Book Overview

The violent retaliation between sides in the American Civil War was perhaps most apparent in the taking of prisoners. Often, these retaliatory measures were enacted against the innocent-prisoners who were unfortunate enough to be in wrong place at the wrong time. Each chapter of this book undertakes to describe a specific event of retaliatory action. Lonnie Speer takes no sides as he points an accusing finger at both the Union and the Confederacy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811713881
• ISBN13: 9780811713887
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"