Title: Remembering the Battle of the Crater : war as murder /
Authors: Levin, Kevin M., 1969-
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky,
Year: 2012
Subjects: United States. African American troops History; United States.; Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864.; African American soldiers History; Collective memory.; United States History Participation, African American.
Contents: 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.