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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Main Author: Cwiklik, Robert (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sheridan, Philip Henry, > 1831-1888.
United States. > Army > Biography.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Generals > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Southern States > History.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Noirs américains > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:viii, 226 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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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.
Call Number:E467.1.S54 C85 2024
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index.
ISBN:9780062950642
0062950649