The Barbarities of the Rebels...

Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886 The Barbarities of the Rebels...

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GLC#
GLC00267.355
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1863
Author/Creator
Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886
Title
The Barbarities of the Rebels...
Place Written
Providence, Rhode Island
Pagination
1 v. : 40 p. : Height: 24.2 cm, Width: 14.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Title continues, "...as Shown in their Cruelty to the Federal Wounded and Prisoners; in their Outrages Upon Union Men; in the Murder of Negroes, and in their Unmanly Conduct Throughout the Rebellion." Written by Bartlett as Secretary of State for Rhode Island, under the pseudonym of Colonel Percy Howard, supposedly late of the Royal Horse Guards. Printed privately and marked "printed for the author." The preface states that the author has seen wars in both Europe and Asia but "has been shocked with the barbarities with which the war has been conducted by the South; barbarities which no war of ancient or modern times has exhibited, and which the savages of America, Africa or Polynesia never approached." Bartlett compiled accounts of barbaritity from newspapers and official reports. Says it should be read by soldiers in the Union army, the Copperheads of the North, and Europeans. There are several articles on the abuse and murder of enslaved people.

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