How brutal was the Civil War?

The Civil War was America’s bloodiest conflict. Nearly as many men died in captivity during the Civil War as were killed in the whole of the Vietnam War. Hundreds of thousands died of disease. Roughly 2\% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty.

Were there war crimes in the Civil War?

So it really should come as no surprise that his prosecution for war crimes after the South’s surrender is the most well-known trial resulting from the Civil War. But it is not as commonly known that there were almost one thousand other military prosecutions of Confederates.

Are there photos of the Civil War?

While photographs of earlier conflicts do exist, the American Civil War is considered the first major conflict to be extensively photographed. Not only did intrepid photographers venture onto the fields of battle, but those very images were then widely displayed and sold in ever larger quantities nationwide.

Are there any pictures from the Civil War?

The Civil War was the first large and prolonged conflict recorded by photography. Because wet-plate collodion negatives required from 5 to 20 seconds exposure, there are no action photographs of the war.

Who pardoned the Confederates?

President Andrew Johnson
One of the most controversial uses of the presidential pardon occurred when President Andrew Johnson issued sweeping pardons to thousands of former Confederate officials and soldiers after the American Civil War officially ended on April 9, 1865.

Were any Confederate soldiers tried for war crimes?

Wirz was one of only two men tried, convicted, and executed for war crimes during the Civil War, the other being Confederate guerrilla Champ Ferguson. Confederate soldiers Robert Cobb Kennedy, Sam Davis, and John Yates Beall were executed for spying, and Marcellus Jerome Clarke and Henry C.