| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 94.1

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From Conciliation to Conquest: The Sack of Athens and the Court-Martial of Colonel John B. Turchin. By George C. Bradley and Richard L. Dahlen. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2006. xii, 297 pp. $45.00, ISBN 978-0-8173-1526-9.)
John Basil Turchin was a man ahead of his time. At least that is what George C. Bradley and Richard L. Dahlen contend in their provocative volume From Conciliation to Conquest. The Russian émigré–turned–Union officer marched into the Deep South in early 1862 with an admonition from his superiors to protect property and maintain control over the volunteers under his command. Instead, Turchin's troops engaged in behavior that compelled their colonel to face charges before a court-martial.	1
The study focuses on incidents in and around the small community of Athens, Alabama, in May 1862. However, as the title suggests, those events reflected a larger debate regarding the treatment of civilians deep within the Confederacy, whose loyalty was a matter of question. The authors use the situation as it develops to illustrate alterations in Union military policy.	. . .

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