Bøker av George C. Rable

A comprehensive examination of the use of violence by conservative southerners in the post-Civil War South to subvert Federal Reconstruction policies, overthrow Republican state governments, restore Democratic power, and reestablish white racial hegemony.

Fought on December 13, 1862, the battle of Fredericksburg ended in a stunning defeat for the Union. This text presents an account of this Civil War campaign, placing it within its political, social and military context. It also addresses questions of strategy and material conditions in the camp.