civil war courts-martial

Hello. I am interested in civil war courts-martial. I have found quite a bit of material on union courts-martial, but have found very little on confederate courts-martial. i am curious how the Confederacy may have dealt with legal problems. Also, I have found a substantial amount of civilians were courts-martialed. I am also curious how/why these civilians were tried by a military court.

Most likely the two armies used to same tried and true methods that had been in place while the country was in one piece. It's hard to imagine the young country would have had time to rethink and rework the process for their army. But I'll check closer in a few of the things I have. As for court-martials for civilians...they were probably arraigned for crimes against the army, such as spying or partisan activities.

I think you are right - the Confederates would have used the same judicial system that they were accustomed to when in the Union. After all, there would have been no need to reinvent the wheel. I am curious to what extent a judicial system was in place - did they have a judge advocate, an appeals process, etc.

Also, one civilian court-martial I have looked at occurred in Memphis, Tn. The accused, Kate, was living in a brothel (or a house of "ill-fame". She was tried for disobeying a lawful order by living in a brothel (I am not certain what the order was), found guilty, and sentenced to be exiled to Illinois and her property was confiscated by the government.

Funny you should ask. I wrote a book you can get from iUniverse Publishers or Amazon called Rebellion in the Temple of Justice. It's about the Confederate courts in South Carolina and has information on the CSA Attorney General, District Attorneys, judges, etc. There's also a great book about this called Justice in Grey.

I saw your post and I too am doing research on courts martial on the Union side. In your post, you mention that you were able to discover a lot of information concerning Union courts martial. I was wondering if you would be willing to share some of the sources you found. This is all in connection with a Civil War novel that I am writing in which a character is courtmartialed for desertion. While the courtmartial does figure in the novel, I am only interested in the procedures followed. Any help you are willing to offer me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.