[1036] Resolution, Feb. 22, 1866, Acts of Ala. (1865-1866), p. 607; McPherson, p. 22; Selma Times, Feb. 27, 1867.
[1037] See N. Y. Herald, April 17, 1866 (Alabama correspondence).
[1038] McPherson’s scrap-book, “The Campaign of 1866,” Vol. I, pp. 84, 122.
[1039] See Burgess, “Reconstruction,” pp. 64-67.
[1040] McPherson’s scrap-book, “Freedmen’s Bureau Bill, 1866,” pp. 47, 128.
[1041] The reconstruction laws of Congress were almost invariably referred to as “Bills” even in official documents and military orders.
[1042] McPherson’s scrap-book, “Civil Rights Bill, 1866,” pp. 136, 151.
[1043] McPherson’s scrap-book, “Civil Rights Bill, 1866,” p. 135.
[1044] McPherson’s scrap-book, “Civil Rights Bill, 1866,” p. 110.
[1045] McPherson’s scrap-book, “Civil Rights Bill, 1866,” p. 120.