02647cam a2200361 i 4500 367929785 TxAuBib 20190111120000.0 111128s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011047046 9780811710190 pbk. 081171019X pbk. (OCoLC)808242437 TxAuBib rda Buhk, Tobin T. True Crime in The Civil War : cases of murder, treason, counterfeiting, massacre, plunder, & abuse / Tobin T. Buhk. 1st ed. Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2012. viii, 312 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and index. Preface -- Introduction the criminal state of the union -- Inside Castle Thunder, notorious Richmond prison -- Sam Upham's counterfeiting scheme -- Benjamin Butler, Beast of New Orleans -- The sack of Athens and the court-martial of Col. J.B. Turchin -- Feuding generals : the murder of Bull Nelson and the Walker-Marmaduke Duel -- The Faulkner outrage and Detroit's draft riot -- The slaying of the Beckham family -- The Lawrence Massacre and the not-so-civil war of Quantrill, Anderson, and the James Brothers -- The murder of Gen. Earl van Dorn -- No quarter : Bedford Forrest and the Fort Pillow Massacre -- Manhattan burning : the rebel arson plot -- Sue Mundy, terror of Kentucky -- The trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators -- Fifty-three counts of murder : Champ Ferguson's private war -- Murder or misadventure? : Temperance Neely kills her former slave -- The war crimes trial of Andersonville's controversial commandant. Shows how the American Civil War created new opportunities for crime from revenge against personal enemies, counterfeiting, plunder, and abuse to massacre, and discusses the draft riot in Detroit, the Fort pillow Massacre, the rebel plot to burn New York City, and more. 20190111. Civil-military relations United States History 19th century. War crimes United States History 19th century. Trials (Military offenses) United States History 19th century. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Destruction and pillage. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Atrocities.