Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction

by Charles H. McCarthy

[434]. Letters and State Papers of Lincoln, Vol. II. pp. 616–617.

[435]. Why the Solid South? p. 1.

[436]. This recollection has been verified by correspondence with Col. A. K. McClure, the gentleman referred to.—Author.

[437]. Ex. Doc. No. 70, H. of R., 1 Sess. 39th Cong., p. 78.

[438]. Ann. Cycl., 1865, p. 28.

[439]. Ann. Cycl., 1865, p. 28.

[440]. Acts of the State of Tennessee, 1865, p. 33.

[441]. Ann. Cycl., 1865, p. 779.

[442]. Ibid.

[443]. This election resulted in the choice of Nathaniel G. Taylor, Horace Maynard, Edmund Cooper, Isaac R. Hawkins, John W. Leftwich, William B. Stokes, William B. Campbell and Dorsey B. Thomas. The last named, however, was affected by the Governor’s recount, and Daniel W. Arnell, who was declared the successful candidate, was admitted to Congress with the other Tennessee Representatives on the 24th of July, 1866. See Why the Solid South? pp. 182–183.