["Drafted by the Columbia professor Francis Lieber and approved by Lincoln himself, the code set out a host of humane rules: it prohibited torture, protected prisoners of war and outlawed assassinations. It distinguished between soldiers and civilians and it disclaimed cruelty, revenge attacks and senseless suffering"]

"Humane Rules"??? Bug Snot. This thing was drafted to go into effect in early 1863? Did the Union officers have this little pocket book in hand by 1864? We know they had access to mail, wire, delivery of information by that time. Seems to me they had a different definition of "Humane". The Roswell Women and The Immortal Six Hundred were way after that but it looks like that stuff was considered "humane". Not to mention the POW camps that they ran like Nazi's. It's like beauty, all in the eye of the beholder or in this case, the order giver. Seems like the Yanks are still trying to whitewash everything.

Pam