Antebellum antecedents -- The first year of war -- The beginning of military occupation -- The African American experience under occupation -- The experience of northern benevolent societies during occupation -- The effects of occupation on Union soldiers -- White rejection of Union occupation
Summary
Focusing on the Union occupation of Carteret and Craven Counties in southeastern North Carolina, Browning offers new insights into the effects of war on southerners and the nature of civil-military relations under long-term occupation, especially coastal residents' negotiations with their occupiers and each other as they forged new social, cultural, and political identities
