When the Bells Tolled for Lincoln: Southern Reaction to the Assassination

When the Bells Tolled for Lincoln: Southern Reaction to the Assassination
ISBN-10
0865545871
ISBN-13
9780865545878
Category
Public opinion
Pages
136
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Author
Carolyn Lawton Harrell

Description

Yet in the days after the assassination, Confederates gladdened by Lincoln's death feared Northern reprisals and dared not express their feelings openly. As word spread across the South, however, many ex-Confederates turned to their diaries and journals, where they poured out their fears and wrath with impunity and without restraint.

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