From Conciliation to Conquest
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A01=George C. Bradley
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Abraham Lincoln
Alabama
alabama history
alabama troops
american civil war
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fiction
Gettysburg
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John B. Turchin
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- ISBN 9780817357856
- Weight: 477g
- Dimensions: 155 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 12 May 2014
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the summer of 1862, the U.S. Army court martialed Colonel John B. Turchin, a Russianborn Union officer, for ""outrages"" committed by his troops in Athens, Alabama. By modern standards, the outrages were minor: stores looted, safes cracked, and homes vandalised. There was one documented act of personal violence, the rape of a 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 following Turchin to Athens and examining the volunteers who made up his force, the colonel's trial, his subsequent promotion, the policy debate, and the public reaction to the outcome, the authors further illuminate one of the most provocative questions in Civil War studies: how did the policy set forth by President Lincoln evolve from one of conciliation to one far more modern in nature, placing the burden of war on the civilian population of the South?
By following Turchin to Athens and examining the volunteers who made up his force, the colonel's trial, his subsequent promotion, the policy debate, and the public reaction to the outcome, the authors further illuminate one of the most provocative questions in Civil War studies: how did the policy set forth by President Lincoln evolve from one of conciliation to one far more modern in nature, placing the burden of war on the civilian population of the South?
George C. Bradley received his JD from Albany Law School in 1973. He has published articles and book reviews on Civil War history in numerous periodicals and lectured widely to Civil War round tables and other civic organisations.
The late Richard L. Dahlen received his LLB from Yale Law School in 1968.
The late Richard L. Dahlen received his LLB from Yale Law School in 1968.
