War crimes against Southern civilians / Walter Brian Cisco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cisco, Walter Brian, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people.

History.

Civil-military relations.

War crimes.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States.

Social aspects.

War crimes--Southern States--History--19th century.

Civil-military relations--Southern States--History--19th century.

United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States. Army.

White people--Crimes against--Southern States--History--19th century.

African Americans--Crimes against--History--Southern States--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Crimes against.

Southern States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage.

Destruction and pillage.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Atrocities.

Atrocities.

Confederate States of America--Social conditions.

Confederate States of America.

Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gretna : Pelican Pub. Co., 2007.

Summary:

This is the untold story of the Union's "hard war" against the people of the Confederacy. Styled the "Black Flag" campaign, it was agreed to by Lincoln in a council with his generals in 1864. Cisco reveals the shelling and burning of cities, systematic destruction of entire districts, mass arrests, forced expulsions, wholesale plundering of personal property, and even murder of civilians. Carefully researched largely from primary sources, this examination also gives full attention to the suffering of Black victims of Federal brutality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589804661

158980466X

OCLC:

85892298