Rites of retaliation : civilization, soldiers, and campaigns in the American Civil War /
This book will explore events in the Federal campaigns against Charleston and the states of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida that exemplify how retaliation functioned during the American Civil War. The Department of the South makes an ideal location for study because three contentious issues betw...
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. The ritual of retaliation
- Felons and outlaws
- Servile insurrection
- Prisoners
- Massacre
- Human shields
- Pillagers and assassins
- Conclusion. The crisis of civilization.