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Confederate rage, Yankee wrath : no quarter in the Civil War / George S. Burkhardt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burkhardt, George S., 1927-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--United States--History--19th century.
- Murder.
- Murder--Confederate States of America--History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Atrocities.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (386 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This provocative study proves the existence of a de facto Confederate policy of giving no quarter to captured black combatants during the Civil War-killing them instead of treating them as prisoners of war. Rather than looking at the massacres as a series of discrete and random events, this work examines each as part of a ruthless but standard practice.Author George S. Burkhardt details a fascinating case that the Confederates followed a consistent pattern of murder against the black soldiers who served in Northern armies after Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. He s
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Emancipation and Black Soldiers; 2. The Southern Perspective; 3. First Encounters; 4. Milliken's Bend; 5. Fort Wagner; 6. Olustee; 7. The Yazoo to Suffolk; 8. Fort Pillow; 9. The Camden Expedition; Gallery of Illustrations; 10. The Plymouth Pogrom; 11. Brice's Cross Roads; 12. The Petersburg Mine; 13. Mercy and Murder; 14. Saltville; 15. Murder in the East; 16. Murder in the West; 17. Mobile and Selma; Epilogue; Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Biography
- Back Cover
- Notes:
- Paperback edition 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-329) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-2743-0
- 0-8093-8954-1
- OCLC:
- 858762731
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