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