Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant

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.

Author: Ruth Currie
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 06/01/1999
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780823219384

About the Author
Ruth Douglas Currie is Professor of History and Political Science at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC.