Egerton, Douglas R. <br/><br/>
The wars of Reconstruction :  the brief, violent history of America's most progressive era / 
Douglas R. Egerton. 
 - First U.S. edition. 
 - 438 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue: Robert Vesey's Charleston -- "An eagle on his button": Black men fight for the union -- "To forget and forgive old scores": war's end, activism's beginning -- "All de land belongs to de yankees now": the Freedmen's Bureau -- "The Lord has sent us books and teachers": missionaries and community formation -- "We will remember our friends, and will not forget our enemies": black codes and black conventions -- "Andrew Johnson is but one man": the Progressive Alliance coalesces -- "We knows that much better than you do": voting rights and political service -- "An absolute massacre": white violence and the end of Reconstruction in the South -- "We shall be recognized as men": the Reconstruction Era in memory -- Epilogue: the spirit of freedom monument. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781608195664 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013009595 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.<br/>United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E668  / .E35 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.8