Like what?
Well, as I stated I am only up to page 32. So far, this book has told about a specific colonel, Colonel Turchin, who was responsible for setting his troops free to rape, pillage, and plunder women and children in the South. In other words, terrorize. When these atrocities were discovered by another, a court martial began. And in the process of a court martial, Lincoln promoted the man. One can only surmise...was it to carry out these atrocities on a much grander scale? That would be my guess.
I surmised this because I read in my own research that General Garfield(yes, before Presidential times) was also promoted and sent off to Washington for questionnable behavior. NO ONE liked the man. But, guess what? Somehow, Mr. Lincoln liked him. And what did he like him for? I don't think it was because of his predisposition to behave like a boy scout. BTW, I found in my own research that Garfield ordered a hanging for spite, and I would guess this was the reason Lincoln adored him. But NONE of these examples are lone rangers. My research was quite extensive as I had a tough time believing the North could be so deliberately cruel. And there is a difference between deliberate cruelty, and cruelty that occurs as a consequence of thus and such...