| Description |
xii, 265 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
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. |
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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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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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Southern States -- Race relations.
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| Added Author |
Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-
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| ISBN |
0809325462 alkaline paper |
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