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Burkhardt, George S

 
9780809327430: Confederate Rage, Yankee Wrath: No Quarter in the Civil War
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ISBN 10: 0809327430 ISBN 13: 9780809327430
Editorial: Southern Illinois University Press, 2007

Sinopsis

This provocative new 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 shows subsequent retaliation by black soldiers and further escalation by the Confederates, including the execution of some captured white Federal soldiers, those proscribed as cavalry raiders, foragers, or house-burners, and even some captured in traditional battles. Further disproving the notion of Confederates as victims who were merely trying to defend their homes, Burkhardt explores the motivations behind the soldiers' actions and shows the Confederates' rage at the sight of former slaves - still considered property, not men - fighting them as equals on the battlefield. Burkhardt's narrative approach recovers important dimensions of the war that until now have not been fully explored by historians, effectively describing the systemic pattern that pushed the conflict toward a black flag, take-no-prisoners struggle.

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Acerca del autor

George S. Burkhardt, a former news reporter and writer, was the editor, publisher, and owner of California’s smallest daily newspaper, the Corning Daily Observer. He has spent more than twenty years researching and writing about the atrocities that occurred during the Civil War.

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Editorial
Southern Illinois University Press
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0809327430
ISBN 13 
9780809327430
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
384
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