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

Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations, map Series Book collections on Project MUSE 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject 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 HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) African American soldiers -- Crimes against Atrocities Massacres Military participation -- African American Race relations Racism Reprisals Amerikaanse burgeroorlog. Rassenverhoudingen. SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Atrocities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009008662 United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Southern States -- Race relations Subject Southern States United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955- LC no. 2003010383 ISBN 9780809388288 0809388286 9780809326785 0809326787 1283902354 9781283902359

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