Comments on: War Crimes Against Southern Civilians http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/war-crimes-against-southern-civilians/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:06:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Considering a broader range of “war crimes” against Southern Civilians « Southern Unionists Chronicles http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/war-crimes-against-southern-civilians/#comment-1321 Considering a broader range of “war crimes” against Southern Civilians « Southern Unionists Chronicles Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:35:48 +0000 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-1321 [...] those who were subjected to the hard hand of war as delivered by the Union army. As I mentioned in a post in Cenantua’s Blog about a year ago, I saw an announcement about the release of the book, War Crimes Against Southern Civilians, and, [...] [...] those who were subjected to the hard hand of war as delivered by the Union army. As I mentioned in a post in Cenantua’s Blog about a year ago, I saw an announcement about the release of the book, War Crimes Against Southern Civilians, and, [...]

]]> By: cenantua http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/war-crimes-against-southern-civilians/#comment-647 cenantua Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:42:42 +0000 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-647 Richard, You continue down this path, but really, are you saying that since there is no comparison, we should just disregard anything that may have been "forgotten" regarding Confederate depredations inflicted upon Northern civilians? You are missing my point behind even posting about this then. See one of the comments that I made today in reponse to <a href="http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/confederate-seizure-of-free-blacks-in-the-gettysburg-campaign/#comments" rel="nofollow">today's post</a>... "Bottom line is… to gain a complete understanding of what happened in the war, and to keep everything in context, we can’t ignore the other atrocities." Richard,

You continue down this path, but really, are you saying that since there is no comparison, we should just disregard anything that may have been “forgotten” regarding Confederate depredations inflicted upon Northern civilians? You are missing my point behind even posting about this then. See one of the comments that I made today in reponse to today’s post…

“Bottom line is… to gain a complete understanding of what happened in the war, and to keep everything in context, we can’t ignore the other atrocities.”

]]> By: Richard Williams http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/war-crimes-against-southern-civilians/#comment-646 Richard Williams Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:34:30 +0000 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-646 No doubt there were atrocities committed on both sides. The difference I perceive is that crimes committed by Confederates were not santioned by the CSA, whereas Sherman’s war against Southern civilians was commissioned from the “top down”. Precisely, Norman. There's no comparison. No doubt there were atrocities committed on both sides. The difference I perceive is that crimes committed by Confederates were not santioned by the CSA, whereas Sherman’s war against Southern civilians was commissioned from the “top down”.

Precisely, Norman. There’s no comparison.

]]> By: cenantua http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/war-crimes-against-southern-civilians/#comment-115 cenantua Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:40:29 +0000 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-115 Actually, there were incidents that can be attributed to Confederate soldiers as well as Southern civilians. Personally, I find the incidents committed by Southern civilians against their own people in their own counties (and sometimes neighbors) was the greater set of attrocities... that, and the fact that some conscript patrols were made up of locals and acted, sometimes well outside prescribed orders, against other locals. While actions may have not received official endorsement, surely there was an awareness of the cruel practices. Therefore, the absence of "sanctioning" might be reconsidered when considering the absence of actions taken against cruelties inflicted on Southerners by Southerners. Then again, why would these actions be condemned? It could be considered, by some, that these actions were overlooked as they were deemed necessary to hold men in the ranks in order to sustain the war effort. Actually, there were incidents that can be attributed to Confederate soldiers as well as Southern civilians. Personally, I find the incidents committed by Southern civilians against their own people in their own counties (and sometimes neighbors) was the greater set of attrocities… that, and the fact that some conscript patrols were made up of locals and acted, sometimes well outside prescribed orders, against other locals. While actions may have not received official endorsement, surely there was an awareness of the cruel practices. Therefore, the absence of “sanctioning” might be reconsidered when considering the absence of actions taken against cruelties inflicted on Southerners by Southerners. Then again, why would these actions be condemned? It could be considered, by some, that these actions were overlooked as they were deemed necessary to hold men in the ranks in order to sustain the war effort.

]]> By: Norman Horne http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/war-crimes-against-southern-civilians/#comment-112 Norman Horne Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:14:48 +0000 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-112 No doubt there were atrocities committed on both sides. The difference I perceive is that crimes committed by Confederates were not santioned by the CSA, whereas Sherman's war against Southern civilians was commissioned from the "top down". No doubt there were atrocities committed on both sides. The difference I perceive is that crimes committed by Confederates were not santioned by the CSA, whereas Sherman’s war against Southern civilians was commissioned from the “top down”.

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