U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s program of Southern reconstruction occupies much of his time and thought. Announced on December 8, the now six-week-old effort has proven more successful than many Northerners had hoped, while causing consternation among the political and military leaders of a fraying Confederacy. At the heart of reconstruction is the eradication of slavery…
Many white Southerners keep a keen eye on happenings in Washington, D.C., hopeful that political unrest in the North may yet lead the United States to make peace with the Confederate States. Many Northern Democrats continue clamoring for peace. At this moment, a political victory seems more likely than a military victory. President Abraham Lincoln…
Mere weeks after U. S. President Abraham Lincoln offers amnesty to white Southerners who pledge loyalty to the United States and encourages Southern states to take steps to be readmitted to the Union, many Confederate citizens are seriously considering Lincoln’s offer. Lincoln is hopeful that his olive branch will quickly peel off Arkansas and Tennessee…