Remembering The Battle of the Crater (eBook)

War as Murder

Kevin M. Levin (Autor)

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2012
200 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-4041-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War's bloodiest struggles -- a Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) under Union Brigadier General Edward Ferrero. The battle was a violent clash of forces as Confederate soldiers fought for the first time against African American soldiers. After the Union lost the battle, these black soldiers were captured and subject both to extensive abuse and the threat of being returned to slavery in the South. Yet, despite their heroism and sacrifice, these men are often overlooked in public memory of the war. In Remembering The Battle of the Crater: War is Murder, Kevin M. Levin addresses the shared recollection of a battle that epitomizes the way Americans have chosen to remember, or in many cases forget, the presence of the USCT. The volume analyzes how the racial component of the war's history was portrayed at various points during the 140 years following its conclusion, illuminating the social changes and challenges experienced by the nation as a whole. Remembering The Battle of the Crater gives the members of the USCT a newfound voice in history.

Autor

lt;P>Historian and educator Kevin M. Levin is currently researching the history of Confederate camp servants (slaves) and the myth of the black Confederate soldier. His published work in the area of Civil War history and historical memory can be found in popular magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2012
• Reihe/Serie: New Directions in Southern History
• Reihe/Serie: New Directions in Southern History
• Zusatzinfo: 20 b&w halftones, 1 illustration, 1 line drawing
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: African American History • African American soldiers • America • American Civil War • American South • Battle • Battlefield • Civil War • civil war battles • civil war union • Confederacy • confederates • confederate states of America • Ferrero • History • Memory • Racism • reconstruction era • Remembrance • Slavery • South • Union • union soldiers • United States Colored Troops • us confederacy • US southern history
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-4041-2 / 0813140412
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-4041-4 / 9780813140414