Sheridan's secret mission, how the South won the war after the Civil War, Robert Cwiklik
Type
Label
Sheridan's secret mission, how the South won the war after the Civil War, Robert Cwiklik
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Sheridan's secret mission
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1411002838
Responsibility statement
Robert Cwiklik
Sub title
how the South won the war after the Civil War
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
Table Of Contents
Prologue: The best, the bravest, and the purest -- There is love enough -- "The swing of old soldiers" -- Yankee panky -- Sympathy for the junta -- Invaders -- Fear of a black state -- "A trip south might be agreeable" -- A local club -- Kangaroo quorum -- "The genius of smallness" -- War in peacetime -- Making martyrs -- "A reproach upon the state and country" -- "Peaceably if possible, forcibly if necessary" -- "Occasionally there were a few necks broken" -- Epilogue: "The whole power of government"