Review (PDF) War Of Vengeance: Acts Of Retaliation Against Civil War POWs
The violent retaliation between sides in the American Civil War was perhaps most apparent in the taking of prisoners. Often, these retaliatory measures were enacted against the innocent-prisoners who were unfortunate enough to be in wrong place at the wrong time. Each chapter of this book undertakes to describe a specific event of retaliatory action. Lonnie Speer takes no sides as he points an accusing finger at both the Union and the Confederacy for their equal parts in treating the prisoners poorly. He explores this little-known wartime violence, focusing on the most notorious and well-documented cases of the practice.
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1 edition (July 10, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811713881
ISBN-13: 978-0811713887
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #960,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #97 in Books > History > Military > Prisoners of War #570 in Books > History > Americas > United States > Civil War > Confederacy #9987 in Books > History > Military > United States
In this modest sized book, Mr Speer outlines a handful of incidents that give face to the cruel passions that the American Civil War evoked. Both Confederate and Federal share the blame in Speer's sampling - from the "random" execution of partisans, to the more diliberate starving of Confederate prisoners in Northern prisons, to Union prisoners being held amid bomb-out Charleston! A nice final chapter gives a brief overview of prisons - which I found to be the highlight of this very short endeavor. Those well-versed in Civil War studies may find little new, but the novice reader will, perhaps, be taken aback at what Speer reveals. I give Speer credit for "naming names" and showingthe purposeful role Lincoln, Stanton and Grant played to further the plight of those held in their charge.
Insufficient detail. Not what I was looking to research about mistreatment of civil war prisoners but perhaps my expectations were too high.
very happy
I have been researching Civil War prisoners of war for the past four years. Mr. Speer has done his research and was able to put it in an easy form for the novice and more experienced reader as well.
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