As far back as the first week in December of 1862 General Shepley, then Military Governor of Louisiana, had, by permission from the President,
Reconstruction in
Louisiana under
Mr. Lincoln's plan.
The election of
members of
Congress.
Things went no further than this, however, during the year 1863, the military situation requiring the whole thought and activity of the
The New Orleans
convention.
The election of a
governor.
The constitutional
convention of
April, 1864, and
the constitution
framed by it and
adopted by the
voters.
Congress was, however, by this time becoming convinced that Reconstruction was a legislative problem, that is, a problem to be