http://www.amazon.com/War-Crimes-Against-Southern-Civilians/dp/158980466X
Mr. Cisco’s flawlessly documented expose of Union Army war crimes rips the carefully constructed facade off Lincoln’s “Army of Emancipators.” Far from being an army of liberators, Union troops burned, raped, ravaged, and terrorized civilians from east to west. The brutality long overshadowed by federally-sponsored propaganda of Andersonville and Fort Pillow is at last revealed by newspaper accounts, letters, and diaries, many from Washington’s own National Archives.
“We believe in a war of extermination,” said Union Brigadier General Lane, whose heroic exploits include the arrest and deaths of wives and teenaged girls whose only crime were blood ties to Confederate guerrillas, the expulsion of tens of thousands of civilians from whole Missouri counties and the complete destruction of their property.
General Sherman deliberately turned his back as men pillaged Georgia cities, even allowing them to exhume graves in search of valuables. Free African-Americans as well as southern whites suffered the loss of homes and property, many their lives. The arrival of the northern army of liberation also meant rape and abuse for women of color. Regardless of color or gender, no southerner was spared.
Mr. Cisco’s scholarly work is a must-read for serious students of the war and professional historians. Politically correct history cannot hide the sins of the past, and a true examination of facts must occur before complete understanding of America’s most tragic war can take place. Five stars.
cisco’s work is dreck that is not even up to diLorenzo (snicker) standards.
No one suggested that the civil war was a walk in the park or a gentle affair. Your descriptions contain some hyperbole. The truth is both sides fought a long and hard war. Do not make the mistake of evaluating past wars by todays standards. War has always been a bloody business. If you think otherwise you are very confused.
This particular war was over long ago and continuing to try and fight it in an intellectual effort to keep it alive makes no sense. It is a kin to the Germans complaining about how cruel the Allies were for fire bombing Dresden