5fish
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As pointed out on our forum that all the mass massacres were done in the name of the Confederacy. Ferguson(Saltville). Quantrill(Lawrence), and Forrest(Ft. Pillow) are all infamous for the action of their troops at these now infamous location of mass murder.
I ask a simple question....
What if a Union regiment or militia had committed a massacre of confederate troops or civilians during the civil war?
Would the union authorities have brought the leaders of that regiment to justice?
Would they have hung the leaders of the regiment or just thrown hem in jail for awhile?
I would like to note the no union prison commanders or guards were every held accountable for the numerous confederate prisoners deaths in their prison camps, unlike Col. Wirz was.
Would the southern victims of such an event have ever found justice?
I ask a simple question....
What if a Union regiment or militia had committed a massacre of confederate troops or civilians during the civil war?
Would the union authorities have brought the leaders of that regiment to justice?
Would they have hung the leaders of the regiment or just thrown hem in jail for awhile?
I would like to note the no union prison commanders or guards were every held accountable for the numerous confederate prisoners deaths in their prison camps, unlike Col. Wirz was.
Would the southern victims of such an event have ever found justice?