Article Title

Hangings In The Thicket: Vigilantism Was Law In The 'Dark Corner Of The Confederacy'

Authors

Jon L. Wakelyn

ISBN

089096923X

Publisher

Texas A&M University Press

Abstract

Awful things may be done by neighbor to neighbor in the pressured midst of civil conflict. In the southern states during the Civil War, citizens were persecuted sometimes because they did not show enough enthusiasm for -- or outright opposed -- the Confederate cause. Self-styled defenders of civil o....

Recommended Citation

Wakelyn, Jon L. (2000) "Hangings In The Thicket: Vigilantism Was Law In The 'Dark Corner Of The Confederacy'," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 2 : Iss. 2 .
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol2/iss2/11