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The bloody shirt : terror after Appomattox / Stephen Budiansky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Budiansky, Stephen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- African Americans--History--1863-1877.
- African Americans.
- History.
- Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Southern States.
- Race relations.
- United States--History--1865-1898.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 322 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, [2008]
- Summary:
- A narrative account of Reconstruction-era violence documents vigilante attacks on African Americans and their white allies, in an analysis that traces the period through the careers of two Union officers, a Confederate general, a northern entrepreneur, and a former slave.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (pages [283]-322) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670018406
- 9780670018406
- OCLC:
- 173350931
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