Black flag over Dixie [[electronic resource] ] : racial atrocities and reprisals in the Civil War / / edited by Gregory J.W. Urwin

• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/3
• Soggetto topico: African American soldiers - Crimes against - Southern States - History - 19th century; Racism - Southern States - History - 19th century; Massacres - Southern States - History - 19th century; Reprisals - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Atrocities; United States Race relations; Southern States Race relations
• Altri autori: UrwinGregory J. W. <1955->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Evidence ; 6. "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
• Sommario/riassunto: Black 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Black flag over Dixie
• ISBN: 1-283-90235-4; 0-8093-8828-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779477803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II