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xii, 265 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index. |
| Contents |
Warfare, race, and the Civil War in American memory / Gregory J.W. Urwin -- A Texas cavalry raid: reaction to black soldiers and contrabands / Anne J. Bailey -- Captive black Union soldiers in Charleston: what to do? / Howard C. Westwood -- The execution of white officers from black units by Confederate forces during the Civil War / James G. Hollandsworth Jr. -- 'Shooting niggers Sir': Confederate mistreatment of Union black soldiers at the Battle of Olustee / David J. Coles -- The Fort Pillow Massacre: an examination of the evidence / Albert Castel -- 'Remember Fort Pillow!': politics, atrocity propaganda, and the evolution of hard war / Derek W. Frisby -- 'We cannot treat negroes ... as prisoners of war': racial atrocities and reprisals in Civil War Arkansas / Gregory J.W. Urwin -- Massacre at Plymouth: April 20, 1864 / Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., Gerald W. Thomas -- The Battle of the Crater: the Civil War's worst massacre / Bryce A. Suderow -- Symbols of freedom and defeat: African American soldiers, white Southerners, and the Christmas insurrection scare of 1865 / Chad L. Williams -- 'A very long shadow': race, atrocity, and the American Civil War / Mark Grimsley. |
| Summary |
In a powerful introduction to the collection, Urwin reminds readers that the Civil War was both a social and a racial revolution. Next to the Emancipation Proclamation, none of Abraham Lincoln's policies inflamed Confederates more than the recruitment of black regiments for the Union army. As the heirs and defenders of a slave society's ideology, Confederates considered African Americans to be savages who were incapable of waging war in a civilized fashion. Ironically, this conviction caused white Southerners to behave savagely themselves. Under the threat of Union retaliation, the Confederate government backed away from failing to treat the white officers and black enlisted men of the United States Colored Troops as legitimate combatants. Nevertheless, many rebel commands adopted a no-prisoners policy in the field. When the Union's black defenders responded in kind, the Civil War descended to a level of inhumanity that most Americans prefer to forget. In addition to covering the war's most notorious massacres at Olustee, Fort Pillow, Poison Spring, and the Crater, Black Flag over Dixie examines the responses of Union soldiers and politicians to these disturbing and unpleasant events, as well as the military, legal, and moral considerations that sometimes deterred Confederates from killing all black Federals who fell into their hands. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Atrocities.
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United States -- Race relations.
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African American soldiers -- Crimes against -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Racism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Massacres -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Reprisals -- History -- 19th century.
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Southern States -- Race relations.
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African American soldiers -- Crimes against.
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Atrocities. (OCoLC)fst00820727
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Massacres. (OCoLC)fst01011476
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Military participation -- African American.
(OCoLC)fst01353696
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
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Reprisals. (OCoLC)fst01094968
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Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658 |
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1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-
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| ISBN |
0809325462 (alk. paper) |
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9780809325467 (alk. paper) |
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0809326787 |
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9780809326785 |
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