After Appomattox
Download or Read eBook After Appomattox PDF written by Gregory P. Downs and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Gregory P. Downs |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2019-08-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674241626 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674241622 |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis After Appomattox by : Gregory P. Downs
Book excerpt: The Civil War did not end with Confederate capitulation in 1865. A second phase commenced which lasted until 1871—not Reconstruction but genuine belligerency whose mission was to crush slavery and create civil and political rights for freed people. But as Gregory Downs shows, military occupation posed its own dilemmas, including near-anarchy.