Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (Reconstructing America) - Hardcover

Currie, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823219372 ISBN 13: 9780823219377

Publisher: Fordham University Press, 1999

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Ruth Douglas Currie is Professor of History and Political Science at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. She is the author of Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (Fordham).

From the Back Cover

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; however, 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823219372
• ISBN 13: 9780823219377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238