True crime in the Civil War
Trials (Military offenses)
Destruction and pillage
United states, history, 19th century
War crimes
Civil-military relations
Trails
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Atrocities
Social aspects
History
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.
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