03982nam 2200685 a 450 991077947780332120230617015026.01-283-90235-40-8093-8828-6(CKB)2550000000707725(EBL)1354404(OCoLC)843075551(SSID)ssj0000810525(PQKBManifestationID)11956464(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810525(PQKBWorkID)10833673(PQKB)11096636(MiAaPQ)EBC1354404(OCoLC)607063702(MdBmJHUP)muse25583(Au-PeEL)EBL1354404(CaPaEBR)ebr10639829(CaONFJC)MIL421485(EXLCZ)99255000000070772520030506d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlack flag over Dixie[electronic resource] racial atrocities and reprisals in the Civil War /edited by Gregory J.W. UrwinCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20041 online resource (303 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2678-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Map: Civil War Racial Atrocities and Reprisals; Introduction: Warfare, Race, and the Civil War in American Memory; 1. A Texas Cavalry Raid Reaction to Black Soldiers and Contrabands; 2. Captive Black Union Soldiers in Charleston What to Do?; 3. The Execution of White Officers from Black Units by Confederate Forces During the Civil War; 4. "Shooting Niggers Sir " Confederate Mistreatment of Union Black Soldiers at the Battle of Olustee; 5. The Fort Pillow Massacre An Examination of the Evidence6. "Remember Fort Pillow!" Politics, Atrocity Propaganda, and the Evolution of Hard War7. "We Cannot Treat Negroes ... as Prisoners of War " Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in Civil War Arkansas; 8. Massacre at Plymouth: April 20,1864; 9. The Battle of the Crater: The Civil War 's Worst Massacre; 10. Symbols of Freedom and Defeat: African American Soldiers,White Southerners, and the Christmas Insurrection Scare of 1865; 11. "A Very Long Shadow " Race, Atrocity, and the American Civil War; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index; Back CoverBlack Flag over Dixie: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War highlights the central role that race played in the Civil War by examining some of the ugliest incidents that played out on its battlefields. Challenging the American public's perception of the Civil War as a chivalrous family quarrel, twelve rising and prominent historians show the conflict to be a wrenching social revolution whose bloody excesses were exacerbated by racial hatred. Edited by Gregory J. W. Urwin, this compelling volume focuses on the tendency of Confederate troops African American soldiersCrimes againstSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryRacismSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryMassacresSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryReprisalsHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, African AmericanUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865AtrocitiesUnited StatesRace relationsSouthern StatesRace relationsAfrican American soldiersCrimes againstHistoryRacismHistoryMassacresHistoryReprisalsHistory973.7/3Urwin Gregory J. W.1955-1490646MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779477803321Black flag over Dixie3712121UNINA