ChapterChapter TitlePage
I.The Aftermath of War[1]
II.When Freedom Cried Out[34]
III.The Work of the Presidents[54]
IV.The Wards of the Nation[89]
V.The Victory of the Radicals[118]
VI.The Rule of the Major Generals[140]
VII.The Trial of President Johnson[158]
VIII.The Union League of America[174]
IX.Church and School[196]
X.Carpetbag and Negro Rule[221]
XI.The Ku Klux Movement[243]
XII.The Changing South[265]
XIII.Restoration of Home Rule[282]
Bibliographical Note[305]
Index[309]

Illustrations.

Charles Sumner
Photograph by J. W. Black and Co., Boston. In the collection of the Bostonian Society, Old State House, Boston.[Frontispiece]
Wade Hampton
Photograph by H. P. Cook, Richmond, Virginia.Facing Page[30]
Andrew Johnson
Engraving after a Photograph by Brady. " "[70]
Thaddeus Stevens
Photograph by Brady. " "[122]
President Grant
Photograph. In the collection of L. C. Handy, Washington. " "[170]

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[CHAPTER I.]

The Aftermath of War

When the armies of the Union and of the Confederacy were disbanded in 1865, two matters had been settled beyond further dispute: the negro was to be free, and the Union was to be perpetuated. But though slavery and state sovereignty were no longer at issue, there were still many problems which pressed for solution. The huge task of reconstruction must be faced. The nature of the situation required that the measures of reconstruction be first formulated in Washington by the victors and then worked out in the conquered South. Since the success of these policies would depend in a large measure upon their acceptability to both sections of the country, it was expected that the North would be influenced to some extent by the attitude of the Southern people, which in turn would be determined largely by local conditions in the South. The situation in the South at the close of the Civil War is therefore the point at which this narrative of the reconstruction naturally takes its beginning.