Disturbing and Sad Reality of the CW Period

[Cumpston1862]

Gents-

I came across this and debated whether it was appropriate to share or not. I decided to share it for its historical significance. It is not a pretty subject and it is my hope that I am not offending anyone.

Follow the link for a court martial case with verdict against a trooper in the 7th Kentucky Cavalry.

http://www.horsesoldier.com/products/documents-and-paper-goods/12588

[Spinster]

Re: Disturbing and Sad Reality of the CW Period

On occasion such accounts are given in more veiled terms "outrages" "outrages upon the person of a lady" "depredations among the servants" .

The plight of unprotected women is never pretty, especially so if they must trade their own safety for that of their children. We sometimes fool ourselves that this was a 'gentleman's war' . A close review of the records show that hardly to be the case, possibly even more so once professionally trained U S Regulars were stretched too thin, and once immigrant troops entered the fray.