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John Basil Turchin and the Fight to Free the Slaves (Hardcover, New)
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John Basil Turchin and the Fight to Free the Slaves (Hardcover, New)
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This book highlights the contributions of a Russian immigrant who
became a Union officer during the Civil War. John Basil Turchin
left Czarist Russia to embrace democracy in America. When the Civil
War began, he rushed to defend the Union, his formal training in
the Imperial Russian Army and his combat experience in the Crimean
making him a valuable officer. A man of conviction, he refused to
be intimidated by commanding officers that were lenient toward
rebels and the return of fugitive slaves to their masters. His
subsequent court martial turned the trial into a focal point for
Northern debate on the conduct of the war and the issue of slavery.
John Basil Turchin left Czarist Russia to embrace democracy in
America. When the Civil War began, he rushed to defend the Union,
his formal training in the Imperial Russian Army and his combat
experience in the Crimean making him a valuable officer. He was
among those determined to see the war as revolutionary-a vehicle by
which to put an end to Southern aristocracy and the institution of
slavery. A man of conviction, he refused to be intimidated by
commanding officers that were lenient toward rebels and the return
of fugitive slaves to their masters. His actions during the Union
thrust into northern Alabama in the spring of 1862 led to his court
martial. The national attention given to the proceedings turned the
trial into a focal point for Northern debate on the conduct of the
war and the issue of slavery. Turchin took advantage of his
exposure during the trial to express his position to the nation.
His reinstatement by Lincoln in the aftermath of the court-martial
and his promotion to brigadier general signaled that the
administration was beginning to take a stronger position. The
Emancipation Proclamation, delivered by Lincoln shortly thereafter,
transformed the war into a crusade to free the slaves. John Basil
Turchin returned to the field and played important roles on the
battlefields of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.
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