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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.
Price: $39.00
Pages: 238
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Series: Reconstructing America
Publication Date:
01 June 1999
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780823219384
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
"Gracefully written, abreast of current scholarship, the book is abundantly documented and equipped with a good bibliography." —
Currie-McDaniel provides a convincing portrait of Bryant the man and the politician. . . . This sound biography will be of interest to students of . . . Reconstruction history. . . .
The book boasts an impressive, up-to-date array of primary and previously published sources. Currie-McDaniel uses these materials skillfully. . . .
Currie-McDaniel provides a convincing portrait of Bryant the man and the politician. . . . This sound biography will be of interest to students of . . . Reconstruction history. . . .
The book boasts an impressive, up-to-date array of primary and previously published sources. Currie-McDaniel uses these materials skillfully. . . .
Ruth Douglas Currie is Professor of History and Political Science at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC.