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Remembering the Battle of the Crater : war as murder / Kevin M. Levin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levin, Kevin M., 1969-
- Series:
- New directions in southern history
- New directions in Southern history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army.
- Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
- United States.
- United States. Army--African American troops--History--19th century.
- African American soldiers--History--19th century.
- African American soldiers.
- United States. Colored Troops.
- Collective memory.
- Physical Description:
- 184 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2012]
- Contents:
- The battle: "until every Negro has been slaughtered"
- The lost cause: maintaining the antebellum hierarchy
- Virginia's reconstruction: William Mahone, "hero of the Crater"
- Reinforcing the status quo: reenactment and Jim Crow
- Whites only: the ascendancy of an interpretation
- Competing memories: Civil War and civil rights
- Moving forward: integrating a Black counter-memory.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813136103
- 0813136105
- 9780813136400
- 0813136407
- 0813140412
- 9780813140414
- OCLC:
- 757463319
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