Victims: A True Story of the Civil War Contributor(s): Paludan, Phillip Shaw (Author) |
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ISBN: 1572333251 ISBN-13: 9781572333253 Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: In January 1863, in the isolated mountains of western North Carolina, Confederate soldiers captured and murdered thirteen victims they suspected of being Unionist guerrillas. First published in 1981, "Victims traces the lives and personalities of both killer and victims, illuminating the pressures that can bring men anywhere to commit atrocities more heinous than war itself. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
Dewey: 973.733 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.6" W x 8.4" (0.46 lbs) 176 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Topical - Civil War |
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Publisher Description: In January 1863, in the isolated mountains of western North Carolina, Confederate soldiers captured and murdered thirteen victims they suspected of being Unionist guerrillas. First published in 1981, Victims traces the lives and personalities of both killer and victims, illuminating the pressures that can bring men anywhere to commit atrocities more heinous than war itself. |