Research Catalog

Title

The Confederate carpetbaggers / Daniel E. Sutherland.

Author

Sutherland, Daniel E.

Publication

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1988.

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Description

xv, 360 p. : ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

Tells the stories of former Confederates who moved North after the Civil War in hopes of rebuilding their lives and fortunes.

Alternative Title

Carpetbaggers.

Subject

• Migration, Internal > United States > History > 19th century
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
• Reconstruction
• Southern States > History > 1865-1877
• Southern States > Social conditions

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [343]-350.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"Following the American Civil War, many former Confederates fled their southern homeland. Some became expatriates, settling in Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, and Asia. Others migrated to the western United States, seeking fresh starts in the newly forming territories. But, a third, somewhat more audacious group invaded the land of their Yankee foe. Settling in northeastern and mid- western towns and cities, these 'Confederate carpetbaggers' believed that northern economic and educational opportunities offered the quickest means of rebuilding shattered fortunes and lives" -- Back cover.

ISBN

• 080711393X (alk. paper)
• 0807114707 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^87029945^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library