Format: Hardback
Pages: 216
ISBN: 9780813117768
Pub Date: 08 Apr 1992
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Illustrations: illus
Description:
"To the victors belong the spoils" is a time-honored cliche. When in 1865 northern armies defeated the greatest challenge ever posed to the Union, issues of spoils and peace terms dominated public debate. But precisely what did the victorious North want from the Reconstruction process?