Confederate Death Sentences: A Reference Guide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439214749)

The Confederate armies maintained discipline by flogging, branding, tattooing, hanging, and shooting their soldiers. The disruptions of 1865 scattered and/or destroyed most the records of rebel military justice. The authors have assembled, from many sources, the most complete record of Confederate death sentences ever published. In addition to individuals facing a firing squad, there were mass executions, brothers shot together, fathers and sons shot together, and wives watching their husbands being shot. These vignettes, together with tabulated lists, tell of a hard and unglamorous war, and will be a guide for future writers.

Author: Thomas P. Lowry, Lewis Laska
ISBN-10: 1439214743
ISBN-13: 9781439214749
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2009
Pages: 106
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d