Carpetbagger of Conscience by Ruth Currie

Carpetbagger of Conscience by Ruth Currie

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.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13
Title	Carpetbagger of Conscience
Author	Ruth Currie
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type
Publisher
Year published
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.