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



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Titolo: Black flag over Dixie [[electronic resource] ] : racial atrocities and reprisals in the Civil War / / edited by Gregory J.W. Urwin Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-90235-4
0-8093-8828-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818804203321
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