in the case of my family, we owned NO slaves, were poor, had a 300 acre subsistence farm & were NON-white.
because almost all the men (those who were able to bear arms) were away with the army & therefore the family was defenseLESS, the DAMNyankee cavalry raped/assaulted/tortured/robbed & finally MURDERED 92 women, elderly men & children under 12 YO, during a 4-day drunken, blood-spattered orgy.
NOBODY cared because "who cares what happens to a bunch of ignorant savages".
also, 4 of 5 of my ancestors, who were "guests" of the DAMNyankees at PLPOWC were MURDERED in cold-blood, just because they were NOT persons.
NON-white CSA prisoners of war were ROUTINELY killed by their captors, as the prevailing attitude was that they weren't worth feeding!
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