Confederate rage, Yankee wrath : no quarter in the Civil War

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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Main Author: Burkhardt, George S., 1927-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2007
Subjects:
Murder > United States > History > 19th century.
Murder > Confederate States of America > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Atrocities.
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.
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