Unfinished Work: The Freedmen's Bureau's Hard-Fought But Incomplete Accomplishments

Authors

James D. Hardy

ISBN

823219348

Publisher

Fordham University Press

Abstract

From July to October 1865, Union Major General Carl Schurz toured the South from Charleston to New Orleans. He inspected a region defeated in war and living amidst appalling physical destruction. Everywhere, he observed a breakdown in law and order and a population close to chaos. Amongst the newly....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.1.2.50

Recommended Citation

Hardy, James D. (1999) "Unfinished Work: The Freedmen's Bureau's Hard-Fought But Incomplete Accomplishments," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 1 : Iss. 2 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.1.2.50
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol1/iss2/50