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Levin, Kevin M., 1969-

Remembering the Battle of the Crater war as murder / [electronic resource] : Kevin M. Levin. - Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2012. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - New directions in Southern history . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780813136400

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Colored Troops.
United States. Army --African American troops--History--19th century.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Collective memory.
African American soldiers--History--19th century.
Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E476.93 / .L48 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/36