Crucible of Reconstruction: War, Radicalism, and Race in Louisiana, 1862--1877

by Ted Tunnell

Book Overview

In late April, 1862, Union warships slipped past the Confederate river forts below New Orleans and blasted the Rebel fleet guarding the city. Advancing overland, General Benjamin F. Butler occupied New Orleans on May Day, and for the duration of the war the Stars and Stripes waved over the Confederacy's largest city. The reconstruction of Louisiana began almost immediately.
In Crucible of Reconstruction, Ted Tunnell examines the byzantine complexities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807118036
• ISBN13: 9780807118030
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"