Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a..

by Trials; Civil War; Andrews, Edward W, Defendant

$250 · Offered by Biblio

1866. Washington: Government Publishing Office?], 1866.. Washington: Government Publishing Office?], 1866. Martial Law in the Aftermath of the American Civil War [Trials]. [Civil War]. Andrews, Edward W., Primary Defendant. Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1865, Copies of the Records and Proceedings, With the Review of the Same by the Judge Advocate General, Of the Military Commissions by which were Tried and Convicted E.W. Andrews, Of South Carolina, J.M. Brown and C.C. Reese, Of Georgia, J.L. McMillan and Neill McGill, Of North Carolina. Running Title: Court-Martial of E.W. Andrews and Others. [Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office?], 1866. 243 pp. Diagrams and folding map. Octavo (9" x 5-1/4"). Later buckram, gilt title to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling and negligible rubbing to spine ends and corners, pencil mark to bottom-edge of text block. Light toning to interior, more moderate to a few leaves, light foxing, soiling and very small faint marginal dampstains in a few places, faint creasing to pp. 37-40. $250. * Accounts of three court-martials carried out in Southern states under martial law as the American Civil War drew to a close. Andrews, who shot and killed Cromwell Bright, a Black man whom he accused of stealing his horse, was tried for murder and convicted of manslaughter. Brown and Reese shot and killed a Black woman named Nellie West and were convicted of murder and sen

• Year: 1866
• Binding: unknown

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