The Bloody Shirt
Subtitle: Terror After Appomattox
Publisher: Viking Adult; Viking
Published: January 24, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780670018406
Subjects: U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); Violence (Sociological Aspects); History; History - U.S; History: American; United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; United States - Civil War; 1865-1898; 19th century; Race relations; Southern States; United States
Description: 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.