Carpetbagger of Conscience : A Biography of John Emory Bryant Hardback
by Ruth Currie
Part of the Reconstructing America series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:238 pages
- Publisher:Fordham University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/1999
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- ISBN:9780823219377
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:238 pages
- Publisher:Fordham University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780823219377
