True crime in the Civil War : cases of murder, treason, counterfeiting, massacre, plunder, & abuse / Tobin T. Buhk.
| Author/creator | Buhk, Tobin T. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, ©2012. |
| Description | viii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-299) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011047046 |
| ISBN | 9780811710190 |
| ISBN | 081171019X (pbk.) |