Confederate rage, Yankee wrath no quarter in the Civil War
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 exa...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press
[2007]
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34695370*spi |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Notas: | Paperback edition 2013. |
Descripción Física: | 386 p. : il., mapas |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 287-329) e índice. |
ISBN: | 9780809389544 |