The South As It Is: 1865–1866

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The South as It Is Seeing the Elephant Southern Eyewitnesses to the Civil War Series Editors Gary W. Gallagher Robert K. Krick The South as It Is 1865–1866 John Richard Dennett Edited and with a New Introduction by Caroline E. Janney The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa Introduction & Index © 2010 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Publication of this volume was assisted by the W. S. Hoole Fund for Civil War Studies. ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dennett, John Richard, 1838–1874. The South as it is : 1865–1866 / John Richard Dennett ; edited and with a new introduction by Caroline E. Janney. p. cm. — (Seeing the elephant— southern eyewitnesses to the Civil War) Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1965. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-5630-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-81738485 -2 (electronic) 1. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865–1877) 2. Southern States—Description and travel. 3. Dennett, John Richard, 1838–1874—Travel—Southern States. I. Janney, Caroline E. II. Title. F216.D4 2010 975’.041—dc22 2010002155 ...