Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-354) and index.
Contents
Taking on mission impossible -- The warrior as peacemaker : Sherman and the Bennett Place negotiations -- Military rule by default : Schofield's one-month regime -- An uncertain relationship : the interaction of soldiers and civilians in 1865 -- The return of civil government -- The struggle for civilian supremacy -- Military reconstruction under Sickles -- Military reconstruction under Canby -- North Carolina rejoins the Union -- Fighting terrorism : the Army and the Klan -- Reconciliation with a vengeance -- Appendix: Regional and ethnic origins of federal troops in North Carolina, 1868-1870.