From Conciliation to Conquest: The Sack of Athens and the Court-Martial of Colonel John B. Turchin
By Unknown Author.
Description
In the summer of 1862, the U.S. Army court martialed Colonel John B. Turchin, a Russian-born Union officer, for offenses committed by his troops in Athens, Alabama, including looting, safe cracking, the vandalization of homes, and the rape of young black woman. The pillage of Athens violated a government policy of conciliation; it was hoped that if Southern civilians were treated gently as citizens of the United States, they would soon return their allegiance to the federal government. By examining the volunteers who made up Turchin’s force, the colonel's trial, his subse...
ISBN(s)
0817315268, 9780817315269
