Speer, Lonnie R.

War of Vengeance: Acts of Retaliation Against Civil War POWs

PA: Stackpole Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.

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.

Item #013150
ISBN: 0811713881

Price: $14.85