Publisher's Synopsis
In ""Bluecoats and Tar Heels"", Mark L. Bradley examines the complex relationship between U.S. Army soldiers and North Carolina civilians after the Civil War. Violence and political instability led the federal government to deploy elements of the U.S. Army in the Tar Heel State, but during its twelve-year occupation, the Army proved more adept at conciliating white ex-Confederates than at protecting the civil and political rights of black Carolinians. ""Bluecoats and Tar Heels"" is the first book to focus on the army's role as post-bellum conciliator, providing readers a rich but neglected chapter in Reconstruction history.
