LEADER 03982nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910779477803321 005 20230617015026.0 010 $a1-283-90235-4 010 $a0-8093-8828-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707725 035 $a(EBL)1354404 035 $a(OCoLC)843075551 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000810525 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11956464 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810525 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10833673 035 $a(PQKB)11096636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354404 035 $a(OCoLC)607063702 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25583 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354404 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10639829 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421485 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707725 100 $a20030506d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBlack flag over Dixie$b[electronic resource] $eracial atrocities and reprisals in the Civil War /$fedited by Gregory J.W. Urwin 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (303 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-2678-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Evidence 327 $a6. "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 Cover 330 $aBlack 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 606 $aAfrican American soldiers$xCrimes against$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aRacism$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMassacres$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aReprisals$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, African American 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xAtrocities 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 607 $aSouthern States$xRace relations 615 0$aAfrican American soldiers$xCrimes against$xHistory 615 0$aRacism$xHistory 615 0$aMassacres$xHistory 615 0$aReprisals$xHistory 676 $a973.7/3 701 $aUrwin$b Gregory J. W.$f1955-$01490646 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779477803321 996 $aBlack flag over Dixie$93712121 997 $aUNINA