Remembering the Battle of the Crater : war as murder /

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The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War's bloodiest struggles -- a Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) under Union Brigadier General Edward Ferrero. The battle was a violent clash of forces as Confe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levin, Kevin M., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
Colección:New directions in southern history.
Temas:
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 19th century.
United States. > Colored Troops.
États-Unis. > Army > Troupes noires américaines > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States. > Army.
1800-1899
Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century.
Collective memory.
Militaires noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mémoire collective.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Armed Forces > African American troops
African American soldiers.
Military participation > African American.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States.
Virginia.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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