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War of Vengeance - Acts of Retaliation Against Civil War Pows (Paperback)
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War of Vengeance - Acts of Retaliation Against Civil War Pows (Paperback)
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Loot Price R334
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The American Civil War was a vicious conflict that developed in
intense hatred between opposing sides. Despite some historians'
assertions that this was history's last great "gentlemen's war,"
the conflict was anything but civil. There is ample evidence to
suggest that both sides quite commonly retaliated against one
another throughout the war, often in chillingly inhumane ways.
Violent retaliation was most apparent within Federal and
Confederate penitentiaries. Prisoners of war were frequently
subjected to both physical and mental abuse. This sort of
mistreatment was employed to obtain information, recruit prisoners
for military service, or to force prisoners to sign oaths of
allegiance. In addition to the torture and neglect that were
carried out on a regular basis, even more unbelievable-and less
known-was the actual killing of these unarmed men in retribution
for their army's actions on the battlefield. Sometimes it happened
as the prisoners threw down their weapons and raised their hands to
surrend
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