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Remembering the Battle of the Crater : war as murder /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levin, Kevin M., 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2012]
Series:New directions in southern history.
Subjects:
Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 19th century.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century.
United States. > Colored Troops.
Collective memory.
Table of 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.