TFSmith121
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Bee Creek was in Missouri in 1861 and amounted
Bee Creek was in 1861, in Missouri, and involved a "massacre" of two.
Mr. Cisco's work is unabashed neo-confederate Lost Causism.
No idea what you're getting at with the reference to Columbia, SC, in 1865.
The economic warfare tactics used during the march to the sea were well within the laws of land warfare of the day, as witness the destruction of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
You may wish to review the Lieber Code.
Best,
I am referring to widespread calls for retaliation from the union in the south. With the president being killed by confederates, events like Sherman's Atlanta Campaign in 1864 that destroyed absolutely everything in their path, dynamited factories, and burned down towns, farms, banks and courthouses would be more encouraged.
While I don't have academic sources for it there was a massacre of 200 civilians north of Columbia, South Carolina in 1865. I have read multiple first hand letters of soldiers and civilians who were in the state at the time. As well as descriptions of other smaller incidents. I believe the ones I saw were in the Virginia Military Institute archive, and the Texas Civil War Museum in Fort Worth.
What I mainly am referring to is an escalation of events, and an increase in raids and guerrilla action. But examples that could apply include Bee Creek Massacre and the bloodshed seen throughout the Kansas territory.The reason I listed it is due to reading an interesting book on the subject. War Crimes Against Southern Civilians
by Walter Cisco. It has better sources than I can find. While there is a little to much "southern sympathy" the author was rather well grounded and made a good analysis.
IRL
From what I have studied It was not only a war against the army but against the people,with the intent being to break the back of the Confederacy and end the war as quickly as possible. But parts of Grant's orders to Sherman included
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Makes you wonder how Union officers would react if they fuel to add to the existing flames.
Bee Creek was in 1861, in Missouri, and involved a "massacre" of two.
Mr. Cisco's work is unabashed neo-confederate Lost Causism.
No idea what you're getting at with the reference to Columbia, SC, in 1865.
The economic warfare tactics used during the march to the sea were well within the laws of land warfare of the day, as witness the destruction of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
You may wish to review the Lieber Code.
Best,