Confederate rage, Yankee wrath : no quarter in the Civil War / / George S. Burkhardt
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| Autore: |
Burkhardt George S. <1927->
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| Titolo: |
Confederate rage, Yankee wrath : no quarter in the Civil War / / George S. Burkhardt
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| Pubblicazione: | Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2007] |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Murder - United States - History - 19th century |
| Murder - Confederate States of America - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | 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 | |
| Note generali: | Paperback edition 2013. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-329) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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: | 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 random events, this work examines each as part of a ruthless but standard practice.Author George S. Burkhardt details a fascinating case that the Confederates followed a consistent pattern of murder against the black soldiers who served in Northern armies after Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. He s |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Confederate rage, Yankee wrath |
| ISBN: | 0-8093-2743-0 |
| 0-8093-8954-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790672903321 |
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