Carpetbaggers, Cavalry, and the Ku Klux Klan: Exposing the Invisible Empire During Reconstruction

This is the story of the rise and fall of the Reconstruction-era Klan, focusing especially on Major Merrill and the Seventh Cavalry's efforts to expose the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan to the light of day.

Author: J. Michael Martinez
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.57w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780742550780
ISBN10: 0742550788
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,

About the Author
J. Michael Martinez works as a corporate attorney and teaches political science as a part-time faculty member at Kennesaw State University. His most recent book, Life and Death in Civil War Prisons, traces the parallel lives of two Civil War prisoners. Martinez lives in Monroe, Georgia, with his wife and family.