Download or read book Tarnished Eagles written by Thomas Power Lowry and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the stories of 50 Union colonels court-martialed for offenses such as drunkenness, insulting superiors, hiding during battles, and chloroform addiction. These stories, along with statistical exploration of 22,000 other courts-martial, provide a pioneering and amusing study of Civil War misbehavior and clarify the dynamics between soldiers and their superiors. Includes bandw illustrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR