Black Flag Over Dixie
Subtitle: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University
Published: December 12, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780809325467
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Black studies; Racism & racial discrimination; War crimes; United States; Military; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - Civil War; Civil War, 1861-1865; Participation, African America; History - Military / War; Massacres; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Minority Studies - Race Relations; Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations; Atrocities; Racism; Discrimination & Racism; Southern States; 19th century; African American soldiers; Crimes against; 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.