War Crimes Against Southern Civilians

This is the untold story of the Union¯¿½s ¯¿½hard war¯¿½ against the people of the Confederacy. Styled the ¯¿½Black Flag¯¿½ campaign, it was agreed to by Lincoln in a council with his generals in 1864. Cisco reveals the shelling and burning of cities, systematic destruction of entire districts, mass arrests, forced expulsions, wholesale plundering of personal property, and even murder of civilians.Carefully researched largely from primary sources, this examination also gives full attention to the suffering of Black victims of Federal brutality.