Bluecoats and Tar Heels: Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina

Contents

coNteNts List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Prologue:Taking on Mission Impossible 1 1. The Warrior as Peacemaker: Sherman and the Bennett Place Negotiations 7 2. Military Rule by Default: Schofield’s One-Month Regime 25 3. An Uncertain Relationship:The Interaction of Soldiers and Civilians in 1865 47 4. The Return of Civil Government 71 5. The Struggle for Civilian Supremacy 95 6. Military Reconstruction under Sickles 135 7. Military Reconstruction under Canby 159 8. North Carolina Rejoins the Union 189 9. FightingTerrorism:The Army and the Klan 217 Epilogue: Reconciliation with aVengeance 259 Appendix: Regional and Ethnic Origins of FederalTroops in North Carolina, 1868–1870 271 Notes 275 Bibliography 339 Index 355 ...