Black Flag Over Dixie
Subtitle: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University
Published: August 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780809326785
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Black studies; Social History; History - Military / War; History; History: American; USA; United States - Civil War; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Minority Studies - Race Relations; Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations; History - General History
First sentence: In June 1863, when Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army bottled up the Confederates in Vicksburg, the Union campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River moved into its final stage.