Ungentlemanly Acts: The Army's Notorious Incest Trial

by Louise Barnett

In April 1879, Captain Andrew Geddes, a decorated army officer of dubious moral reputation, faced a court-martial. The trial involved scandalous issues of seduction, incest, and abduction, and the highest figures in the United States Army were involved. Geddes had accused Lieutenant Louis Orleman of committing incest with his teenaged daughter, Lillie, but the army then charged Geddes, not Orleman, with "conduct unbecoming a gentleman" -- for daring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809073986
• ISBN13: 9780809073986
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"