Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant

Ruth Currie

Published by Fordham University Press 1999

Carpetbagger of Conscience

A Biography of John Emory Bryant

Ruth Currie

In the series Reconstructing America

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823295234

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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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction to the 1999 Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. Maine Background Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
Two. Bryant in the Civil War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Three. Presidential Reconstruction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Four. Congressional Reconstruction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Five. Bryant and the Strategic Shift of Republicans in the 1870s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Six. The Closing Decades Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Conclusion: john Emory Bryant in Retrospect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
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Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 238

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Published: February 21, 2022
ISBN: 9780823295234