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The Saltville Massacre
Thomas D. Mays
出版McWhiney Foundation Press, 1995
主題History / GeneralHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
ISBN18866610579781886661059
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EusMAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In October 1864, in the mountains of southwest Virginia, one of the most brutal acts of the Civil War occurs. Brig. Gen. Stephen Burbridge launches a raid to capture Saltville. Included among his forces is the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry. Repeated Federal attacks are repulsed by Confederate forces under the command of Gen. John S. Williams. As the sun begins to set, Burbridge pulls his troops from the field, leaving many wounded. In the morning, Confederate troops, including a company of ruffians under the command of Captain Champ Ferguson, advance over the battleground seeking out and killing the wounded black soldiers. What starts as a small but intense mountain battle degenerates into a no-quarter, racial massacre. A detailed account from eyewitness reports of the most blatant battlefield atrocity of the war.