Carpetbagger of Conscience : A Biography of John Emory Bryant / Ruth Currie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currie, Ruth, Author.

Series:

Reconstructing America

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is a biography of John Emory Bryant, a veteran of the Civil War who became a Carpetbagger in Georgia during the Reconstruction era. A member of the Eighth Maine Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, Bryant fought at the Battle of the Crater. After his service in the war, he returned to Maine to study law. But, before he finished his degree, he was contacted by his former commander and friend, General Rufus Saxton, to join him in "new work . . . among former slaves in the South" with the Freedmen’s Bureau, an organization designed to protect and assist the newly freed slaves.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction to the 1999 Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One. Maine Background

Two. Bryant in the Civil War

Three. Presidential Reconstruction

Four. Congressional Reconstruction

Five. Bryant and the Strategic Shift of Republicans in the 1870s

Six. The Closing Decades

Conclusion: john Emory Bryant in Retrospect

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

0-8232-9523-0