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

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.
LCCN 2003010383
ISBN0809325462 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E540.B53 B595 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold