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Autore |
Burkhardt George S. <1927-> |
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Confederate rage, Yankee wrath : no quarter in the Civil War / / George S. Burkhardt |
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Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2007] |
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©2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-8093-2743-0 |
0-8093-8954-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (386 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Murder - United States - History - 19th century |
Murder - Confederate States of America - History |
Electronic books. |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Atrocities |
United States Race relations History 19th century |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-329) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Emancipation and Black Soldiers; 2. The Southern Perspective; 3. First Encounters; 4. Milliken's Bend; 5. Fort Wagner; 6. Olustee; 7. The Yazoo to Suffolk; 8. Fort Pillow; 9. The Camden Expedition; Gallery of Illustrations; 10. The Plymouth Pogrom; 11. Brice's Cross Roads; 12. The Petersburg Mine; 13. Mercy and Murder; 14. Saltville; 15. Murder in the East; 16. Murder in the West; 17. Mobile and Selma; Epilogue; Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Biography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This provocative study proves the existence of a de facto Confederate policy of giving no quarter to captured black combatants during the Civil War-killing them instead of treating them as prisoners of war. Rather than looking at the massacres as a series of discrete and |
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