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"Soldiers and civilians alike were targets of hostage takers; even females were not safe when a commander thought he could use hostages to force concessions from the enemy. Ordinary citizens occasionally took men in uniform as hostages, and guerilla units on both sides captured enemy civilians whose names they didn't bother to record."--BOOK JACKET.
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Civil War hostages: hostage taking in the Civil War
2000, White Mane Books
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157249199X 9781572491991
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Machine generated contents note: PAR I PIRACY IN NORTH AMERICAN WATERS
i Three Deadly Lotteries-Ligon's Tobacco Warehouse,
November 10-11, 18613
2 "Easy Money"-The Confederate Privateersmen11
3 Somehow, Hostages Made It20
4 Zarvona-7 for 129
5 Pirates plus Hostages, 186338
PART II CIVILIANS-USUALLY SITTING DUCKS45
6 Big Nets and Banner Hauls47
7 The Champion-Fredericksburg54
8 John Brown Uses Lewis Washington61
9 Phoebe Munden and Elizabeth Weeks69
10 Irrepressible William P. Rucker79
11 "Minor Incidents" Abounded86
12 Indomitable Samuel Price95
13 Vague Threats, Grim Warnings104
14 Hole-in-the-Day and Fellow Tribesmen113
PART III PRISONS AND PRISONERS 123
15 Hostages and Counterparts in Southern Prisons125
16 Northern Prisons for Hostages and Equivalents 136
PART IV SELECTED FOR SPECIAL RISKS149
17 Charleston, 1864-50/5151
18 Searchers for "Infernal Devices"160
19 Transportation and Communication 170
20 One Clipping, Six Hundred Hostages!176
PART V REGULARS ANDIRREGULARS185
21 Morgan, Streight, and Other Hostages in Uniform187
22 Fresh and Saltwater Cases194
23 Ragged Ratios203
24 Trouble in Loudoun County212
25 Approval at the Top218
26 "Little Blood-suckers" Saved Farragut227
27 William H. F. ("Rooney") Lee and Company 234
PART VI PROMINENT MEN WERE DEEPLY INVOLVED243
28 Former Minister to France245
29 Both Presidents Were Targeted254
30 A Cadaver as a Hostage262
Bibliography272
Index276.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-275) and index.
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