"The year is 1867, and the South has lost the Civil War. Those on the lowest rungs, like Shad's family, fear that the freed slaves will take the few jobs available. In this climate of despair and fear, a group has formed. Today we know it as the KKK"--Provided by publisher.
An exploration of the Civil War era and the postwar Reconstruction period, discussing major figures, key battles, politics, religion, race, gender, diplomacy, technology, strategy, and more.
Presents the journal of a student that provides a record of what he learned while researching the period of the Civil War and Reconstruction, from 1850 to 1877, while helping establish a Civil War museum in his town.
Gawain Harper, having joined the Confederate Army to pacify his future father-in-law, returns to Cumberland, Mississippi in 1865 only to find another battle on his hands, this time with a deranged, manipulative man on a mission to bring his own brand of justice to the war torn community.
"The news of Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, just days after Confederate surrender, astounded the war-weary nation. Massive crowds turned out for services and ceremonies. Countless expressions of grief and dismay were printed in newspapers and preached in sermons. Public responses to the assassination have been well chronicled, but this book is the first to delve into the personal and intimate responses of everyday people--Northerners and Southerners, soldiers and civilians, black people and white, men and women, rich and poor"--Dust jacket flap.
