Sheridan's secret mission : how the South won the war after the Civil War / Robert Cwiklik.
An impeccably researched, character-driven narrative history recounting the fascinating late-Reconstruction Era mission of General Philip Sheridan, a Union hero dispatched to the South ten years after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed black men, who were under siege by violent param...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | An impeccably researched, character-driven narrative history recounting the fascinating late-Reconstruction Era mission of General Philip Sheridan, a Union hero dispatched to the South ten years after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed black men, who were under siege by violent paramilitary groups like the White League intent on erasing their postwar gains. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 226 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780062950642 0062950649 |